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paleopoled adj. Emboldened by drink to announce where the earth's pole ought to have been in the past. Sicely became paleopoled and moved north by pointing at the fruit bowl. paleopolyploided adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, redundant multiplication of an ancient organism. Aloupa became paleopolyploided and attempted to divide the crisps equally among several selves. paleopolyploidied adj. Drunk and carrying several ancient versions of the same conversation at once. paleopolyploidizationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has multiplied one modest thought into several complete versions. Khaalid was paleopolyploidizationed and developed four explanations for leaving early. paleopopulationed adj. Drunk to the point where the room seems populated by a prehistoric census. Lyllie became paleopopulationed and counted extinct residents among the guests. paleopositioned adj. Drunk past the point of remaining in the geographical position in which the evening began. paleoprecipitationed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every fall seem like precipitation from a much older climate. Alisen became paleoprecipitationed and treated the leaking tap as ancient rainfall. paleoprimatologied adj. Describing a drinker who studies the vanished apes of the room, then attempts their method of locomotion. Tyrika went paleoprimatologied on the stairs, knuckle-walking past the coat stand. paleoproductivitied adj. Reduced by drink to producing minerals at a prehistoric rate, chiefly on nearby surfaces. paleoproteomed adj. A drinker who has been reduced to ancient proteins, with speech and posture preserved only in traces. paleoproteomicsed adj. The state of being drunk and analysing speech as though it were an ancient collection of proteins. paleoproxied adj. The condition of a drinker who can infer the evening only indirectly from bruises, receipts, and missing shoes. paleopsychologied adj. Reduced by drink to interpreting every wobble as evidence of an ancient culture’s inner life. paleopulmoed adj. Softened by drink into a lung-like arrangement of yielding passages, breathing heavily and navigating poorly. paleoradiologied adj. Emboldened by drink to illuminate every old mark, bruise, and misplaced footstep as historical evidence. paleoradiologisted adj. Sharpened by drink into detecting the hidden fractures in every conversation and stairway.