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Paleoed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the walk home as a return to simpler subsistence. Agnita was Paleoed and regarded the corner shop as an unnecessary development. Paleoeskimoed adj. Having drunk enough to make a coat, a bench and a closed shop seem adequate shelter. Samata was Paleoeskimoed and inspected the closed shop for warmth. Paleoindianed adj. You have drunk enough to treat the walk home as an expedition across unoccupied country. Christany became Paleoindianed and crossed the car park as though mapping a new continent. Palermitanned adj. Describing a drinker who has made the taxi rank a small, sunlit capital of delay. Naylie was Palermitanned and held court at the taxi rank beneath the streetlamp. Palesmanned adj. A drinker who has drawn a narrow boundary around the remaining journey and will not cross it. Melly was Palesmanned and refused to leave the pavement outside the pub. Palestine souped adj. A drinker so far gone that soup becomes both supper and a credible means of navigation. Mecaela was Palestine souped and followed the smell of soup towards the station. Palestine sunbirded adj. The state of being drunk and hovering brightly between the bar, the taxi rank and home. Timithy was Palestine sunbirded, making short bright journeys between the pub and the taxi rank. Palestineaned adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned the route home into a prolonged matter of national importance. Khadeidra was Palestineaned and negotiated the taxi journey as though borders required formal approval. Palestinian scarfed adj. Reduced by drink to using a checked cloth as coat, map and provisional pillow. Arcangelo was Palestinian scarfed, wearing the table covering while studying the taxi map. Palestinianed (/pæl.əˈstɪn.i.ənd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the final pavement a territory requiring repeated negotiations. Lenard was Palestinianed and held lengthy negotiations with the locked garden gate. Palestinianessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard belonging, identity and political status as matters requiring immediate clarification. Tileah was Palestinianessed and asked the taxi whether it recognised her jurisdiction. Palestinianisationed adj. Softened by drink into accepting every coat as communal property during the journey home. Valena was Palestinianisationed and distributed the waiting room's spare coats without consultation. Palestinianismed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to advocating independence for every room, cupboard and disputed armchair. Vermon became Palestinianismed and demanded autonomy for the smoking shelter. Palestinianisted adj. Still drunk, and treating every minor disagreement as a question of national self-determination. Alechia grew Palestinianisted and sought recognition for the bar stool. Palestinianizationed adj. Too drunk to leave any social arrangement in its original political condition. Titiyana became Palestinianizationed and redrew the seating plan along sovereign lines. Palestiniannessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a persistent quality of presence at the bar. Wilburta was Palestiniannessed, still present at the bar when everyone else had gone.