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paleo-orthodoxied adj. Too drunk to accept that the glass of water is sufficient without citing an earlier and more authoritative custom. Callum-john was paleo-orthodoxied and sought precedent before accepting the offered water. paleo-osteologied adj. Drunk in a way that treats every ache as evidence from an ancient skeleton. Oaklee got paleo-osteologied and reconstructed his ankle from the evidence of one missed step. paleoalgologied adj. Drunk, with the result that a smear of green on the pavement becomes a fossil ecosystem. Avelinn became paleoalgologied and studied the kerbside moss as a vanished aquatic world. paleoaltimetried adj. Drunk to a degree that the kerb is measured as a former elevation and the pavement as a basin. Zamiya grew paleoaltimetried and estimated the pub’s original height from the doorstep. paleoanthropologied adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the morning’s discarded receipts as ancient human remains. Shaunece went paleoanthropologied and arranged the receipts according to presumed burial context. paleoanthropologisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and excavating the lost civilisation beneath the sofa cushions. Eustice became paleoanthropologisted and recovered a coin from beneath the sofa. paleoanthropometried adj. Drunk by closing time, and taking measurements of an ancient people consisting chiefly of yourself. Tori became paleoanthropometried and compared her arm span with the bar stool. paleoarched adj. Too drunk to distinguish an ancient ridge from a sofa arm, or either from a suitable resting place. Laquata became paleoarched and settled against the sofa as though it were continental geology. paleoarcheologied adj. Having drunk enough to identify the ancient settlement beneath the sofa, then lose the television remote there. Daylin became paleoarcheologied and mapped the sofa cushions as an ancient settlement. paleoarted adj. You have drunk enough to depict ancient monsters with confidence, though not with anatomical accuracy. Jometh got paleoarted and illustrated a prehistoric reptile on the back of the bill. paleoartisted adj. You are drunk and producing museum-worthy reconstructions on whatever napkin is nearest. Lynda became paleoartisted and furnished the pub with a convincing napkin mammoth. paleoastronomied adj. Of a drinker: ancient skies are consulted for guidance, but the conclusion is still that chips are required. Hermenegildo became paleoastronomied and read the constellations before ordering chips. paleoatmosphered adj. Describing a drinker who has established a primeval atmosphere around the table, then asked for a fan. Thong grew paleoatmosphered and made the corner booth feel several million years older. paleoattined adj. A drinker who, like a small colony of ants, carries a crumb across the room with grave collective purpose. Solay became paleoattined and transported one peanut laboriously from the bar to the sofa. paleoauxologied adj. Drunk, with the result that everyone present is required to document your changes through the evening. Pierino spent an hour charting each new opinion, thoroughly paleoauxologied. paleobaraminned adj. Drunk to a degree that the assembled company are treated as a distinguished gathering of people already gone. Vaniecia became paleobaraminned and addressed the silent end of the table as ancestral company.