palaeocurrented
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palaeocurrented adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of water whose direction must be reconstructed from old deposits. Clemma went palaeocurrented and crossed the room at a rate visible only over time. palaeodemographied adj. Drunk, with the result that the room's inhabitants are counted by ancient patterns rather than present whereabouts. Suong became palaeodemographied and conducted a census of everyone capable of standing.
palaeodepthed adj. Drunk on the strength of an old ocean depth, descending the stairs with geological confidence and little speed. palaeodicotsed adj. Softened by drink into an early branching form, unable to decide whether to join the round or split off. Keather went palaeodicotsed and joined two separate queues for the same taxi. palaeodieted adj. Emboldened by drink to revive an ancestral menu on the journey home. Jadden went palaeodieted on the journey home, reviving an ancestral menu from the takeaway. palaeodistributioned adj. Drunk and distributing the remaining guests across taxis according to prehistoric settlement patterns. palaeodiversitied adj. Drunk on the strength of believing every person in the pub represents a separate prehistoric lifeform. palaeodolined adj. Drunk enough to mistake the hollow beneath the coat pile for a permanent geological feature. palaeodonted adj. Drunk beyond the social usefulness of teeth, advancing on the kebab shop with extinct determination. Meichele got palaeodonted and charged the kebab shop with a vanished animal’s confidence. palaeodosed adj. Drunk, with the result that the cumulative dose of the evening is preserved in every pocket. Amariae went palaeodosed and retained receipts from every round in one pocket. palaeodrainaged adj. Drunk by the third round, and emptying through every available route towards the nearest chair. Naliah went palaeodrainaged and found a channel from the bar directly to the ladies' room. palaeoduned adj. Still drunk, and visible only as a settled ridge beneath the coat on the back seat. palaeoearthquaked adj. Drunk by the third round, and liable to make the pavement remember the departure. palaeoecologied adj. Emboldened by drink to infer an entire food chain from one discarded sandwich. palaeoecologisted adj. Loosened by drink into reconstructing vanished habitats from the evidence beneath the carpet.
palaeoeconomicsed adj. Slowed by drink to explaining prehistoric resource management while unable to manage a packet of crisps.