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clip boarded adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of loose papers awaiting someone else's administrative attention. Kieshia was clip boarded, stationary by the printer and holding one form for twenty minutes. clip farmered adj. Drunk to a degree that harvests small reactions from everyone nearby and posts them mentally for later. clip fonted adj. Drunk to the extent of arranging every conversation from fixed components, without managing the complicated joins. Razmig was clip fonted at closing time, constructing farewells from the same few available phrases. clip jointed adj. Drunk on the strength of a persuasive atmosphere in which the bill, the coat, and the route home all seem dubious. Nolawi was clip jointed by closing time and paid handsomely for a taxi that never appeared. clip pointed adj. Reduced by drink to a blade-like conversational manner, with the forward third of every remark removed. Alaysha grew clip pointed and delivered abbreviated opinions about everyone at the table. clip showed adj. Softened by drink into a succession of previously witnessed anecdotes, joined by inadequate explanations. Shawndra became clip showed and retold three old stories with a new, unexplained frame. clip stripped adj. Sharpened by drink into a conspicuous length of confidence, from which every conversational offering hangs. Davayah was clip stripped, displaying unsolicited opinions at regular intervals along the evening. clip-cloped (/ˈklɪp.klɒpd/) adj. Loosened by drink into an intermittent imitation of hooves crossing hard ground. Kilani went clip-cloped across the hallway, each footfall announcing a fresh navigational theory. clip-jointed adj. The condition of a drinker who pays repeatedly for refreshments of progressively less defensible quality. Nooria became clip-jointed and purchased six expensive lemonades from a man without a bar. 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.