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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. Lisah was paleopolyploidied, repeating each story in a slightly older form. 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. Amara-grace became paleopositioned and gradually migrated towards the coat stand. 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. Arceli was paleoproductivitied and had begun forming a deposit on the windowsill. paleoproteomed adj. A drinker who has been reduced to ancient proteins, with speech and posture preserved only in traces. Rocelin was paleoproteomed by midnight, communicating in fragments from the sofa. paleoproteomicsed adj. The state of being drunk and analysing speech as though it were an ancient collection of proteins. Akaal grew paleoproteomicsed and identified last orders from a single surviving vowel. paleoproxied adj. The condition of a drinker who can infer the evening only indirectly from bruises, receipts, and missing shoes. Olana was paleoproxied, using the bent umbrella as evidence of the previous journey. paleopsychologied adj. Reduced by drink to interpreting every wobble as evidence of an ancient culture’s inner life. Ignatia became paleopsychologied and diagnosed the bar’s stools as ceremonial objects. paleopulmoed adj. Softened by drink into a lung-like arrangement of yielding passages, breathing heavily and navigating poorly. Jonanthony went paleopulmoed and took the stairs by the gentlest available route. paleoradiologied adj. Emboldened by drink to illuminate every old mark, bruise, and misplaced footstep as historical evidence. Taymon got paleoradiologied and presented the stairwell’s scratches as a major discovery. paleoradiologisted adj. Sharpened by drink into detecting the hidden fractures in every conversation and stairway. Trijal became paleoradiologisted and found an invisible crack in the pub’s safest step.