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paleosubspeciesed adj. You are drunk and have divided from your earlier self, retaining only its coat and approximate destination. Aubany became paleosubspeciesed and followed the wrong branch of the journey home. paleosurfaced adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the present floor from an ancient surface awaiting geological interpretation. Breezy went paleosurfaced and inspected the lino for traces of vanished shorelines. paleoswamped adj. Drunk beyond ordinary terrestrial chronology, moving through the evening as though it were an ancestral marsh. paleosynecologied adj. Drunk, with the result that every companion is assigned a fossil habitat and a place within it. paleotechnologied adj. Drunk to a degree that ancient implements appear preferable, particularly when opening a packet or finding the lavatory. paleotemperatured adj. Drunk to the extent of estimating the evening's climate from bodily evidence and the state of the beer. paleotempestologied adj. Drunk since last orders, and inclined to regard the night's disorder as evidence of a prehistoric tropical cyclone. Ji became paleotempestologied and blamed the missing umbrellas on an ancient storm. paleotetraploidied adj. Drunk by closing time, and existing in a condition of doubled chromosomes and correspondingly multiplied opinions. Markeesha was paleotetraploidied and supplied four conclusions to the same simple question. paleotetraploidizationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and apparently converting from one modest genetic complement into four. paleothered adj. Too drunk to recognise that the room is modern, or that one is not an extinct browsing mammal. paleothermometered adj. Having drunk enough to treat every ring, stain, and sediment layer as evidence for a former temperature. paleothermometried adj. Emboldened by drink to announce the temperature of the room without consulting either thermometer or common sense. paleotopographied adj. You have drunk enough to reconstruct vanished hills and valleys from the carpeting underfoot. Virla went paleotopographied and described the corridor as a deeply eroded basin. paleotreed adj. You are drunk and mistaking the nearest person for an ancient tree worthy of respectful consultation. paleotrophodynamicsed adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to model the movement of food, energy, and leftovers through an ancient ecosystem. Tyrecia was paleotrophodynamicsed, modelling ancient food, energy and leftovers across the pub carpet. paleotropicsed adj. Drunk to the point where every room feels tropical and every straight line requires negotiation. Amiina became paleotropicsed, moving through the hallway with humid and uncertain grace.