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paaned (/pɑːnd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to chew, speak, and climb as though coordination were optional. Militza got paaned and attempted the stairs while explaining the virtues of betel leaf. paanwallahed adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of a seller preparing one more parcel before closing. Yeilin was paanwallahed, taking one careful step per customer between the bar and stairs. paared adj. Drunk and shifting bodily between four competing blocks, none of them aligned with the stairs. French became paared, moving sideways between the banister, wall, and two misplaced feet. paarited adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, and now shining with the uncertain authority of a mineral sample. Luria became paarited before last orders and inspected every coin as though it contained lead. paauwed adj. You have drunk enough to stride across the pavement with the deliberate, ungainly dignity of a bustard. Stonewall went paauwed after the final round and crossed the car park in measured bounds. pabebe waved adj. You are drunk and waving at departing acquaintances with the hopeful repetition of a beauty-pageant infant. Mose got pabebe waved outside the pub, greeting each taxi as if it had recognised him. pablumed (/ˈpæbləmd/) adj. Of a drinker: reduced to bland assurances, each one suitable for printing on a coaster. Jaquavian was pablumed by closing time, offering Rosetta the same harmless reassurance every minute. pablumesed (/ˌpæb.ləˈmiːzd/) adj. Of a drinker who has turned every account of the evening into smooth, generic prose with no useful particulars. Marie-france became pablumesed after the third round and could no longer identify the missing umbrella. pabouched adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving towards the night bus with no heel and no urgency. Heisy was pabouched by the time the bus arrived, advancing in silent little shuffles. pabstited adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the rigid, many-faceted composure of a mineral and will not leave without a coat. Helana stood pabstited beneath the pub sign while everyone else searched for her handbag. pabulationed adj. A drinker who has made eating the evening's principal activity, whether or not food is present. Penelope was pabulationed by midnight and attempted to feed crisps to the coat-check ticket. pabulumed (/ˈpabjʊləmd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that anything placed before them is accepted as food, fodder, or both. Caoimhin became pabulumed and tried to eat the paper receipt while waiting for the last bus. pac booted adj. The state of being drunk and sealed into the evening's outerwear, waterproof at the base and difficult to turn around. Keishi was pac booted by last orders and needed both hands to negotiate the pub's step. pac-a-macked adj. The condition of a drinker who has compressed the entire evening into a portable bundle and misplaced the pocket. Olutosin became pac-a-macked after the final round, folding his plans into an inaccessible shape. paca-ranaed adj. Softened by drink into a large, furry, slow-moving passenger who occupies the corner and declines to hurry. Malikka was paca-ranaed by closing time and travelled home curled beneath two borrowed coats. pacaed (/ˈpækəd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who moves slowly through the crowd, darkly coated and marked with conspicuous pale spots. Joshlynn went pacaed after last orders, taking the long route round every table.