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half pasted (/ˈhɑːf ˌpɑːstd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and insisting that every event occurred thirty minutes later. Syrae got half pasted and announced that midnight was only half past eleven. half payed adj. Drunk by closing time, and performing the duties of an officer on considerably reduced wages. Yexalen became half payed and inspected the pub's exits with naval seriousness. half piped adj. Drunk, with the result that every available surface is treated as the lower section of a stunt ramp. Lakhi became half piped and attempted a manoeuvre over the settle with scholarly disregard for gravity. half rested adj. A drinker so far gone that silence is observed for exactly two beats before the next pronouncement. Leonidas fell half rested silent for two beats, then resumed his account of the bar's acoustics. half rhymed adj. Still drunk, and composing imperfect verses whose consonants survive but whose vowels have retired. Kiesel got half rhymed and spent ten minutes matching 'night' with 'not'. half shafted adj. Too drunk to proceed in a straight line, yet convinced the difficulty is mechanical. Neeley got half shafted and blamed the car park for pulling him sideways. half shelled adj. Emboldened by drink to address every rounded object as though it were a shared platter. Shaqueta, half shelled, offered the lampshade round the table before anyone could intervene. half sibbed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing which relatives belong to which side of the family. Jonelle was half sibbed by brunch, assigning every cousin to the wrong parent. half siblinged adj. Slowed by drink to explain the family connection to everyone present, including the barman. Kaylynne got half siblinged and drew the family tree on the back of the menu. half sister-in-lawed adj. Drunk in a way that makes a spouse's partial relation seem entitled to domestic privileges. Saavin became half sister-in-lawed and asked the bride's relative to settle an argument about the dishwasher. half sistered adj. Drunk enough to appoint a woman present as family, while explaining the arrangement at length. Donnice got half sistered and borrowed a cardigan from a stranger she had just adopted. half slipped adj. Drunk, with the result that clothing is treated as negotiable so long as it remains roughly in place. Cantrece arrived half slipped and spent the taxi ride defending the arrangement as practical. half smiled adj. Of a drinker: briefly amused, though not sufficiently to complete the expression. Dariun was half smiled when asked about the evening, then returned to his crisps. half soled adj. Drunk on the strength of a repair that carries the conversation forward while leaving the rest unsupported. Udelia went half soled and kept one conversation moving despite having lost the other half entirely. half sovereigned adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting oneself as though a small royal allowance had been spent. Oluwatoni became half sovereigned and attempted to settle the bill in historical coinage. half spaced adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring a broad interval between each attempt at joining the conversation. Greysin went half spaced and left a careful gap between himself and every topic.