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paleocollapsed adj. Drunk enough to dissolve gradually into the furniture, leaving a modest geological structure. Bonnie-louise was paleocollapsed beside the sofa before dessert. paleocolonied adj. Drunk past the point of solitude, and settled into a prehistoric community of similar creatures. Shontoya was paleocolonied among the smokers, where several others had gathered. paleocommunitied adj. Of a drinker who has lost the social arrangements of the present and reverted to prehistoric group behaviour. Torrian went paleocommunitied and gathered strangers round the crisps for mutual protection. paleoconnectioned adj. A drinker who has formed a very old connection between the bar and the nearest supporting wall. Lyneshia became paleoconnectioned halfway up the stairs and remained there quietly. paleoconned adj. Describing a drinker who prefers old positions, old routes home, and no unnecessary alteration of either. Niia got paleoconned and insisted the pub's original staircase was safer. paleoconservatismed adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to move forward is opposed on traditional grounds. Compton turned paleoconservatismed and demanded the stairs remain where they had always been. paleoconservatived adj. The condition of a drinker who clings to traditional balance, traditional speech, and traditional excuses. Willadine became paleoconservatived and rejected the lift as an innovation. paleocontacted adj. The drunkenness of one who attributes unexplained changes in balance and speech to distant intelligence. Jocelynn went paleocontacted and blamed the staircase for transmitting unfamiliar signals. paleocontinented adj. Softened by drink into an ancient landmass, broad, settled, and increasingly difficult to move. Earleene went paleocontinented and occupied the whole sofa with continental calm. paleocoordinated adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose estimate of every position belongs to an earlier map. Mayetta became paleocoordinated and placed each foot according to an obsolete staircase. paleocortexed adj. Emboldened by drink to trust primitive reflexes over the newer systems responsible for balance. Solomia became paleocortexed and tackled the staircase without consulting her feet. paleocurrented adj. Drunk and following an ancient flow line, particularly when it leads away from the intended stairs. Elkanah became paleocurrented and drifted steadily towards the coat cupboard. paleocytologied adj. Drunk enough to inspect the evening's smallest bodily failures as specimens from an earlier organism. Myrie became paleocytologied and took notes on the progressive failure of her left knee. paleocytologisted adj. Drunk to the point where every pause, tremor, and slur is examined as an ancient cell. Phillicia went paleocytologisted and classified each stumble before attempting the next stair. paleodataed adj. Drunk past the point of present information, relying on ancient and partly inferred records of where the floor is. Laquitta went paleodataed and reconstructed the staircase from marks on the wall. paleodemed adj. Drunk beyond the capacity for modern transport, settled like an ancient town wherever balance failed. Marlenie became paleodemed on the third stair and established a permanent civic presence there.