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self-prejudiced adj. Too drunk to extend yourself the benefit of the doubt when the coat-check ticket disappears. self-preoccupationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to make your own departure the evening's principal subject, including several revisions. Taher was self-preoccupationed by closing time, giving three accounts of his route home. self-presentationed adj. Having drunk enough to introduce yourself fully to the person checking coats, including qualifications unnecessary for a taxi. self-preservationed (/ˌsɛlfˌpɹɛzɜˈɹ.veɪ.ʃənd/) adj. You are drunk and selecting the safest available chair, provided nobody suggests walking home. self-prided adj. You have drunk enough to regard reaching the taxi rank as a notable achievement of character. self-privatizationed adj. You are drunk and withdrawing your remaining possessions from communal custody, beginning with the shared crisps. self-promotioned adj. Of a drinker: presenting your route home as an achievement worthy of sponsorship. self-protectioned adj. Describing a drinker who guards the final round, the coat and the route home with equal suspicion. Roggie was self-protectioned, keeping one hand on his pint and one on his coat. self-pruninged adj. A drinker who sheds companions, conversations and unnecessary layers on the way to last orders. self-publishered adj. A drinker so far gone that every account of the evening is issued directly, without editorial review. Sushma became self-publishered at the bar, releasing a lengthy account of each round. self-publishinged adj. The state of being drunk and releasing your evening's memoirs directly to whoever is nearest. Zarious was self-publishinged by last orders, dictating the evening's history to a coat. self-punishmented adj. The condition of a drinker who orders another round as a penalty for having ordered the previous one. Makalie was self-punishmented, returning to the bar to atone for leaving early. self-qualificationed adj. The drunkenness of one who certifies himself fit for another round without consulting the room. Fynleigh was self-qualificationed, certifying himself fit for another round without consulting anyone on the sofa. self-qualified adj. Reduced by drink to issuing your own credentials for the journey home. self-qualifyinged adj. Softened by drink into certifying yourself for each successive round, with no external examination. self-quantifiered adj. Sharpened by drink into recording every round, coat and pavement between pub and home. Shalene was self-quantifiered, counting the drinks while forgetting which street held the taxi rank.