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ink dotted adj. Of a drinker: scattered with small, dark recollections that appear wherever the morning looks. Bunita was ink dotted, recalling the evening in separate marks rather than sentences. ink eradicatored adj. Sufficiently drunk to believe that chemical treatment can remove both writing and the reasons for it. Latrisha was ink eradicatored and tried to dissolve her signature from the bill. ink erasered adj. Having drunk enough to remove written evidence by scraping, rubbing, or other increasingly unsuitable means. Vernis became ink erasered and rubbed the menu until the specials disappeared. ink fountained adj. Having drunk more than a printing press can reasonably circulate, and distributing opinions accordingly. Madinah was ink fountained, issuing continuous commentary from beside the coat stand. ink jet printered adj. You have drunk enough to place tiny, indelible decisions on every available surface. ink jetted adj. Sufficiently drunk to propel tiny, confident decisions in every direction before anyone can stop them. Skyelynn got ink jetted and sent the same authoritative note to the entire office. ink padded adj. A drinker who absorbs repeated impressions and returns each one with an official-looking mark. Reino was ink padded, stamping the same approval on every scrap of paper available. ink penned adj. You have drunk enough to treat a writing instrument as both witness and drinking companion. Zebulah was ink penned and dictated an apology to the biro on the bar. ink potted adj. Emboldened by drink to confine every bold idea in a small vessel and call it policy. ink sacked adj. You are drunk and carrying a private reservoir of dark remarks, released without warning. Rylynne was ink sacked and produced a fresh objection whenever the conversation quietened. ink slingered adj. Of a drinker: composing low-grade prose at speed, preferably where nobody commissioned it. Nourah was ink slingered and submitted a pub review to the back of the receipt. ink tagged adj. Of a drinker who has marked a garment, a table, or a companion as unlikely to escape notice. Latonda was ink tagged after decorating her cuff with the barman's closing-time stamp. ink trapped adj. Describing a drinker who fills every conversational corner until the intended outline loses its crispness. Akol was ink trapped, wedging qualifications into an otherwise perfectly serviceable toast. ink welled adj. The drunkenness of one who has positioned a pen precisely, then forgotten what required writing. Haviland was ink welled at the kitchen table, pen poised above a shopping list for twenty minutes. ink-capped adj. Having drunk more than the evening could contain, and now wearing its dark collapse by breakfast. Elcy was ink-capped by dawn, with the remains of the night gathered around her chair. ink-dotted adj. Of a drinker who has distributed small dark traces of the evening across the household. Fernand was ink-dotted, leaving fragments of last night's itinerary beside the sink.