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self-defense wounded adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's bruises have acquired an entirely defensive explanation. Jakin was self-defense wounded by breakfast, though nobody had mentioned an assailant. self-defensed adj. A drinker who wakes convinced the duvet is adequate protection from every physical attack. self-defilemented adj. The state of being drunk and privately regretting an intimate decision made before sunrise. self-deletioned adj. The condition of a drinker who has erased the evening from memory, leaving only its notifications. self-delusioned adj. The drunkenness of one who believes the morning after has improved matters rather than merely arrived. self-denialed adj. Reduced by drink to refusing the final glass of water for the good of an unconvincing principle. Tikiya stayed self-denialed and declined coffee, claiming the headache needed character-building. self-deniered adj. Softened by drink into sacrificing the last clean pillow for someone who has already taken two. self-denigrationed adj. Sharpened by drink into listing every personal failing while carefully preserving the hangover. Felycia was self-denigrationed over toast, itemising faults nobody had noticed. self-deportationed adj. Loosened by drink into emigrating from the bed before dawn, under policies of personal inconvenience. self-deprecationed adj. Emboldened by drink to make oneself the least impressive person at breakfast. self-deprivationed adj. Slowed by drink to refusing breakfast, water, and every other available form of assistance. self-despaired adj. Drunk and mourning one's judgement, one's messages, and the decision to wear suede. self-destroyered adj. Drunk to the point where the drinker has become his own morning's chief obstacle. self-destructioned adj. Drunk enough to have dismantled the evening's arrangements without requiring assistance. Varvara woke self-destructioned, with the curtains down and the breakfast reservation cancelled. self-destructivenessed adj. Drunk past the point of treating tomorrow's comfort as a matter worth preserving. self-determinationed (/ˌsɛlfdɪˌtɜː(ɹ)mɪˈneɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk beyond accepting advice, including the sound advice currently being offered by the kettle. Taneysha stayed self-determinationed and chose cold cereal despite three breakfast recommendations.