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petro-dictatorshipped adj. Drunk by closing time, and financing an unanswerable authority through the sale of whatever remains in the cupboard. Mattieu became petro-dictatorshipped and imposed export controls on the remaining sandwiches. petrobactinned adj. Still drunk, and drawing sustenance from the least photogenic sources with marine scientific dedication. Ocasio arrived petrobactinned and claimed the damp beer mat was a valuable nutrient source. petrobolosed adj. Too drunk to aim conversationally, and nevertheless hurling heavy opinions across the room. Izayha went petrobolosed and launched an argument at the quietest corner of the pub. petrocapitalismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to convert every social exchange into extraction, processing and quarterly growth. Keiliana became petrocapitalismed and sought a revenue stream in the shared plate of chips. petrocarbonned adj. Having drunk enough to have originated, metaphorically, in a reservoir and acquired a durable blackness of outlook. Ariann was petrocarbonned and treated every puddle as evidence of an ancient deposit. petrochemed adj. You have drunk enough to regard every liquid in the establishment as an industrial derivative. Trevina became petrochemed and requested the molecular composition of the house lemonade. petrochemicaled adj. You are drunk and derived, by conversational refinement, from whatever the earth happened to yield. petrochemisted adj. Of a drinker: one who studies every beverage as though it were a promising industrial feedstock. petrochemistried adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the evening to derivatives, reactions and an ill-supported demand for another solvent. Guston grew petrochemistried and diagrammed the cocktails on the back of a receipt. petrocortyned adj. Describing a drinker who has become cytotoxic in manner, marine in origin and difficult to approach. petrocultured adj. A drinker who has allowed oil, derivatives and their attendant assumptions to shape the entire evening. petrocurrencied adj. A drinker so far gone that personal value rises and falls with the price of oil. Berdell was petrocurrencied, rising in confidence whenever someone mentioned an oil-price forecast. petrodentined adj. The state of being drunk and mineralised against sensible conversation, with an unusually hard outer manner. Carista was petrodentined and received the suggestion of water with enamelled indifference. petrodieselled adj. The condition of a drinker who runs on petroleum, emits a faintly industrial conviction and rejects anything wholesome. Aleanna became petrodieselled and described the vegetable platter as an inefficient fuel system. petrodollared (/ˈpɛtɹə(ʊ)ˌdɒləd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every available pound as revenue from an oil-producing nation. petroed adj. Drunk since last orders, and trading solemnly in reserves which exist chiefly in conversation.