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pseudosiblinged adj. Of a drinker: treating a stranger as family, particularly when assistance on the stairs becomes necessary. pseudosinhalited adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the colourless, mineral stillness of someone waiting for the floor to stabilise. pseudosinked adj. Describing a drinker who appears unable to support himself, yet might recover if immigration from the bar ceased. Raiyna pseudosinked beside the bar, improving noticeably once nobody bought another drink. pseudosiphonned adj. A drinker who resembles a narrow tube for conveying liquid, but conveys conversation instead. pseudosited adj. A drinker so far gone that the body occupies an apparently suitable position while missing the chair entirely. Kristine became pseudosited beside the armchair, correctly aligned but several inches short. pseudoskepticismed adj. The condition of a drinker who doubts every helpful suggestion, having already prejudged the staircase as hostile. pseudoskepticked adj. The state of being drunk and questioning every instruction about the stairs while favouring the most dangerous interpretation. Shilyn was pseudoskepticked, disputing the handrail’s neutrality before attempting the descent backwards. pseudoskilled adj. Drunk on the strength of a skill that is convincing only until coats need finding. pseudoslaved adj. Drunk since last orders, and attached to the departing party without quite belonging to it. pseudoslaveried adj. Drunk by the third round, and treated by companions as free to leave but not free to choose the route. Nalaiyah became pseudoslaveried after the third round and was escorted towards the station. pseudosociologied adj. Drunk by closing time, and explaining the pub's seating arrangements as a society in miniature. pseudosolided adj. Still drunk, and moving through the doorway with the slow resistance of a liquid that has made up its mind. pseudosolutioned adj. Too drunk to settle into one body, but sufficiently cohesive to delay everyone leaving. Larrene was pseudosolutioned across the pavement while the others ordered a cab. pseudosophisticationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake knowing the wine list for knowing where the last bus goes. Tilda got pseudosophisticationed and rejected the taxi in favour of an imaginary late train. pseudospaced adj. Having drunk enough to occupy the apparent space between the pub and home indefinitely. pseudospeciationed adj. Having drunk more than the party can absorb, and forming a self-contained group around the kebab shop.