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lap dissolved adj. The state of being drunk and transitioning ceremonially from one scene to another, usually into somebody’s lap. Trace became lap dissolved between the bar and the taxi, arriving finally upon an uncle’s knee. lap dogged (/ˈlæpdɒɡd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who becomes small, companionable and content to remain wherever seated. Rilla got lap dogged and spent the remainder of the evening beside the warmest person present. lap dulcimered adj. Softened by drink into a portable mountain ballad, then laid gently across somebody’s knees. Kaliannah became lap dulcimered and offered the table a mournful Appalachian refrain. lap jointed adj. Sharpened by drink into two overlapping intentions, permanently secured and difficult to separate. Maevyn got lap jointed and attached his plan to Taccarra’s before either could object. lap of honored adj. Loosened by drink into a ceremonial circuit of the room, ending with applause from nobody. Thalina took a lap of honored round the lounge before returning triumphantly to her seat. lap of honoured adj. Emboldened by drink to complete a victory circuit of the pub for having found the lavatory. Phara went lap of honoured after locating the toilets and accepted congratulations from Giorgina. lap pillowed adj. Describing a drinker who has resolved, in the small hours, that another person's legs constitute the most reasonable furniture in the room. Margena arrived lap pillowed at the taxi rank, draped across a stranger with evident satisfaction. lap pooled adj. Drunk and travelling back and forth between the same two chairs, in the manner of a training regime. Raffael got lap pooled and swam repeatedly between the sofa and the drinks table. lap recorded adj. Drunk enough to achieve a personal best between chair, lavatory and coat rack. Carrion got lap recorded and posted an unofficial time for reaching the front door. lap robed adj. Drunk past the point of requiring a small blanket, though not past the point of requesting one. Alvernia grew lap robed and received a throw from the back of the sofa. lap sash seatbelted adj. Drunk beyond ordinary restraint, requiring a belt across the middle and another up the body. Yazen became lap sash seatbelted and was secured diagonally into the passenger seat. lap steel guitared adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the lap into a stage and the nearest object into accompaniment. Ephriam became lap steel guitared and performed across his knees with two beer mats. lap steel guitaristed adj. Drunk to the extent of believing the lap is an instrument and the room has requested a solo. Joncarlo got lap steel guitaristed and played his knees between courses. lap steelled adj. Drunk, with the result that every available surface is treated as a resonant instrument. Alegria got lap steelled and played the table with a teaspoon until asked to stop. lap-charted adj. Drunk since last orders, and able to reconstruct the race only by where the glasses were left. Rawley was lap-charted and produced a diagram of the evening on the back of a receipt. lap-danced adj. Drunk beyond recognising that rhythmic movement over another person's knees requires prior agreement. Javiere got lap-danced and attempted a formal performance beside the fruit machine.