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pseudojaspered adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the appearance of a solid household fixture without becoming one. Emon was pseudojaspered on the sofa, resembling an ornament until asking for water. pseudojaundiced adj. Describing a drinker who appears yellow under the kitchen light, though the diagnosis is chiefly decorative. Heavenly looked pseudojaundiced beneath the fridge light and requested water with dignity. pseudojervined adj. A drinker who has become mildly poisonous in manner, yet still accepts a glass of water. pseudojournaled adj. Drunk, with the result that every account of the evening sounds researched but proves nothing. pseudojournalismed adj. Drunk to a degree that the pub gossip acquires headlines, bylines, and no reliable facts. Jonda became pseudojournalismed and reported the raffle as though covering a national scandal. pseudojournalisted adj. Drunk to the extent of imitating a reporter while getting every fact from the nearest regular. pseudojujubogeninned adj. Drunk on the strength of a plant-derived spirit whose chemistry is more persuasive than its effects. pseudojustificationed adj. Drunk since last orders, and supplying a dishonest reason for every additional half. pseudokarrened adj. Drunk by the third round, and displaying bar-room hollows that resemble proper judgement from a distance. pseudokarsted adj. Drunk by closing time, and showing the outward features of a collapse produced by some entirely different process. Demille was pseudokarsted, standing like a ruin whose foundations had nothing to do with weather. pseudokeronopsided adj. Still drunk, and moving in several small, hair-trigger directions at once. pseudokidneyed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a troublesome internal arrangement from an ordinary request for another drink. Anyiah got pseudokidneyed and insisted the ache beneath her ribs was merely poor pub seating. pseudokinased adj. Sufficiently drunk to possess the apparatus for action while performing none of it. pseudoknoted adj. Having drunk enough to interlace two conversations so thoroughly that neither can be separated. pseudolabiumed adj. Having drunk more than was wise, and producing elaborate folds of speech around a very simple request. Jomayra was pseudolabiumed, taking forty words to ask whether the kitchen was still open. pseudolaliaed adj. You have drunk enough to make sounds resembling conversation without committing to any language.