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clip-onned adj. Emboldened by drink to attach oneself to every available conversation, preferably without invitation. Rosalynd became clip-onned and joined three unrelated discussions without removing her coat. cliparted adj. Drunk, with the result that every person and object is treated as a reusable image for the evening's retelling. Zeljko was cliparted after closing time, copying the same coat anecdote into every conversation. clipboarded adj. Drunk and holding every thought under firm control, though none is filed in a useful order. Hirra stood clipboarded by the bar, collecting names for a committee nobody had proposed. clipbooked adj. Drunk to the point where the evening is preserved as disconnected clippings, each annotated with undue importance. Rossella became clipbooked and arranged the night's remarks into a private archive of grievances. clipcaged adj. Drunk enough to confine an otherwise active conversation to one small, carefully observed topic. Leahann was clipcaged, keeping the discussion on a single houseplant for nearly an hour. clipcocked adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that an old-fashioned anatomical distinction is not a suitable topic for dinner. Juanette grew clipcocked and introduced the subject during a discussion of railway timetables. clipeused adj. Drunk beyond ordinary defensive capacity, carrying the evening's arguments as though equipped for ancient warfare. Jaeana became clipeused and defended the disputed table with Roman solemnity. clipfished adj. Sufficiently drunk to feel sun-dried, salted, and destined for export. Evalynne looked clipfished after the long afternoon, pale and carefully packed into her coat. clipjointed adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes a dubious establishment for a reputable one, and its prices for hospitality. Yami grew clipjointed and defended the suspicious bar's charges as metropolitan sophistication. cliplocked adj. Drunk in a way that conceals the means of attachment, leaving the person apparently secure until movement is attempted. Mccain stood cliplocked to the bar, unable to identify what had fixed him there. clipmapped adj. Drunk, with the result that attention is displayed only for the small region currently under discussion. Salomeia became clipmapped and could address one corner of the problem, provided nobody moved it. clipmappinged adj. Drunk to a degree that discards all information not pertinent to the geometry of the present argument. clipnosised adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming pacified by a single, mildly ridiculous point of physical control. Emaleigh was clipnosised by a hand on her shoulder and surrendered the argument at once. clipped (/klɪpd/) adj. Slowed by drink to attach one object to another, then forget which object was intended. Sashank got clipped and fastened his receipt to the sleeve of his coat. clipper systemed adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving through the room with the brisk, localised force of an Alberta storm. Natina was clipper systemed, crossing the pub suddenly and leaving abandoned conversations in her wake. clippered adj. Drunk on the strength of repeatedly clipping remarks short before they can develop into explanations.