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pseudopotentialed adj. Sufficiently drunk to replace the complicated forces of the household with one approximate pull towards the sofa. pseudopouched adj. Having drunk enough to develop a temporary fold for storing biscuits, receipts and one doubtful household object. pseudoprecisioned adj. Having drunk more than enough to give an inaccurate account of the evening to twelve decimal places. Aevry became pseudoprecisioned and reported the sofa's angle as 38.472 degrees. pseudoprefixed adj. You have drunk enough to attach a convincing beginning to every word, whether it requires one or not. pseudopregnancied adj. You are drunk and carrying the unmistakable conviction that the sofa contains a forthcoming household event. pseudopressured adj. Of a drinker: compressed by the evening, viscous in movement, and liable to calculate the sofa inaccurately. pseudoprimed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired one convincing quality of sobriety without actually being prime for anything. Aunesty looked pseudoprimed, locating the glass of water but missing the table beside it. pseudoproblemed adj. The drunkenness of one who turns an ordinary remark into a dispute by misplacing its meaning. pseudoprocted adj. Describing a drinker who has located the back exit of the conversation but not the route to bed. Ramaya became pseudoprocted and retreated through the kitchen whenever anyone mentioned bedtime. pseudoprofessioned adj. A drinker who performs household duties with the solemnity of a profession and the results of a hobby. pseudoprofunditied adj. A drinker so far gone that a shallow remark about the kitchen acquires pretensions of depth. pseudoprogeriaed adj. The state of being drunk and suddenly elderly in the domestic sense: seated, careful and awaiting tea. pseudoprogressioned adj. Drunk to the extent of appearing to improve steadily, though the evidence at the bar suggests otherwise. Elain looked pseudoprogressioned, walking towards the bar with admirable purpose and no measurable gain. pseudoprogressived adj. Drunk on the strength of a political opinion that sounds progressive until examined over a second pint. pseudopropheted adj. Drunk since last orders, and predicting tomorrow with the confidence of someone who has merely heard a rumour. Terryn was pseudopropheted, forecasting a lock-in from the evidence of one unopened bottle. pseudoprophetessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and delivering revelations which dissolve when repeated in daylight.