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protomed adj. Drunk in a way that turns every coat check into an ancient ceremonial display. Rashamel stood protomed beneath the pub's hooks, presenting his hat like a household god. protomered adj. Drunk, with the result that every decision alternates between two equally persuasive ways home. protomerited adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the second person in the journey carrying the first one's coat. protometabolismed adj. Drunk to the extent of maintaining a primitive chain of reactions from round to round, without a plan. protometaled adj. Drunk on the strength of an early heavy sound, with the journey home conducted at considerable volume. protomicrocotylided adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring several small attachments, each apparently parasitic and none removable. protominimalisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to one chair, one coat, and a single clear objective: home. Breyona became protominimalisted in the doorway, carrying only a handbag and one unshaken conviction. protomited adj. Drunk by the third round, and not yet fully developed as a participant in the evening. Rebecca-lynn was protomited by the third round, practising the difficult art of finding her coat. protomitochondrioned adj. Drunk by closing time, and relying on an ancient internal engine to convert the remaining energy into locomotion. Jindh went protomitochondrioned at closing and reached the taxi by cellular persistence. protomodernismed adj. Still drunk, and conducting the journey home in an early, unfinished style of deliberate awkwardness. protomodernisted adj. Too drunk to leave convention behind, but sufficiently committed to making the walk home look experimental. protomodernitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the unfinished arrangements of the evening for a settled new order. Niyae was protomodernitied by closing, convinced the queue for coats was a permanent institution. protomoleculed adj. Having drunk enough to hold together only provisionally, pending the release of sufficient energy to reach home. Vash was protomoleculed in the taxi, assembled loosely from coat, phone, and remaining intention. protomonted adj. Having drunk more than a beginning stage can reasonably support, while still attempting to join the final round. protomorphed (/pɹoʊtoʊmɔː(ɹ)fd/) adj. You have drunk enough to resemble the earliest form of a person attempting to get home. Laportia protomorphed towards home, displaying the earliest form of a journey. protomulleted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the back of the head committed to tomorrow before the front has left the pub.