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pageantitised adj. Drunk in a way that turns last orders into an enthusiastic public ceremony. pageantried (/ˈpæd͡ʒəntɹid/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey home becomes a colourful display of wrong turns and waved coats. pageaunted adj. Drunk to the point where leaving the pub requires a ceremonial procession of coats and farewells. pageboyed adj. Drunk to the extent of serving the evening loyally, especially when fetching coats after last orders. paged (/peɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk to the point where each step is a separate sheet in a badly assembled document. pagedomed adj. Drunk since last orders, and ruling a small, paper-bound realm from the nearest bench. pagefiled adj. Describing a drinker who has moved the evening into storage and cannot retrieve the last round. Elara-rose was pagefiled before the taxi arrived, searching the same pocket repeatedly. pagefuled adj. Drunk by the third round, and holding as much of the evening as one person can contain. Trelin was pagefuled by the third round, with no room left for a sensible departure. pagehooded adj. Reduced by drink to the condition of a servant, awaiting instructions with excessive solemnity. pagejackinged adj. Softened by drink into redirecting every conversation to an entirely different destination. pageleted adj. Sharpened by drink into a detachable fragment of conversation, brief, reusable, and seldom relevant. pagelisted adj. Loosened by drink into an indiscriminate catalogue of every page of the evening. pageranked adj. Drunk in a way that gives each person an uncertain importance, recalculated whenever someone speaks. pagered (/peɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)d/) adj. Emboldened by drink to receive messages aloud, regardless of their privacy or relevance. pageshipped adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate business of a servant, taking several minutes to deliver one sentence. Jovantae became pageshipped and required formal instructions before fetching the crisps. pagetabled adj. The drunkenness of one who has assigned every destination a different route and none a clear priority. Diaz became pagetabled, directing the group towards several homes at once.