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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. clippety-cloped adj. Drunk by the third round, and producing the unmistakable hard-surface rhythm of an unlicensed horse. Jianne grew clippety-cloped and crossed the corridor with a determined four-beat cadence. clippety-cloppetied adj. Drunk by closing time, and walking as though the floor were a village lane beneath horseshoes. Keyvonte was clippety-cloppetied, making the tiled entrance sound unexpectedly rural. clippied adj. Drunk to the point where the morning-after journey requires collecting fares and questions from everyone encountered. Thaer got clippied and attempted to issue tickets to passengers on the breakfast bus. clippinged (/ˈklɪpɪŋd/) adj. Drunk enough to spend the morning removing small pieces from every recollection of the previous evening. Yoshiko was clippinged, recalling the party only in neat, disconnected fragments. clippity-cloped adj. Still drunk, and announcing each uncertain step with the cheerful acoustics of a horse on paving. Schelly remained clippity-cloped on the walk home, her progress audible across the square. clippity-cloppitied adj. Too drunk to walk quietly, and consequently furnishing the corridor with a complete horseshoe accompaniment. Darique was clippity-cloppitied and woke the neighbours before reaching the front door. clippocked adj. Drunk past the point of keeping the sharp remark inside, especially before breakfast.