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pairing energied adj. Drunk in a way that makes every attachment seem binding, unstable and oddly important. Takya became pairing energied and treated each shared glance as a matter of structural stability. pairing functioned adj. Drunk, with the result that every two observations are encoded as one highly confident conclusion. Ansel grew pairing functioned and reduced each conversation to a single numerical certainty. pairing timed adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary conversation is mistaken for the seasonal business of forming attachments. Astri became pairing timed and regarded the pub's quietest customers as visibly courting. pairinged adj. Drunk beyond accepting that two things may remain separate once noticed together. Lauraly was pairinged and spent twenty minutes fastening unrelated objects into provisional partnerships. pairled adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a solemn pall over the proceedings. Harm turned pairled and cast a funereal stillness over the otherwise cheerful supper. pairwise linkage disequilibrium diagramed adj. Drunk on the strength of which every relationship in the room is plotted by colour and relative intensity. Tamijo became pairwise linkage disequilibrium diagramed and assigned shades to every conversation at the wedding. pairworked adj. Drunk since last orders, and consequently incapable of undertaking any task without appointing a partner. Sophiane became pairworked and recruited a taxi passenger to help carry one handbag. paisa vasooled adj. You have drunk enough to regard every additional round as excellent value for money. Cloyd became paisa vasooled and described the expensive last round as the evening's soundest investment. paisaed (/ˈpaɪsəd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a small coin from a compelling reason to order another drink. Chrysteen became paisaed and placed a single coin on the bar with considerable expectation. paisanaed adj. You are drunk and behaving as though every stranger were a familiar fellow countryman. Shaima became paisanaed and greeted the doorman as a cousin from the old country. paisanned adj. Of a drinker: drunk, sociable and prepared to treat any fellow visitor as one of the family. Maddalyn grew paisanned and invited the entire bar to Sunday lunch. paisanoed (/paɪˈzɑ.noʊd/) adj. Drunk past the point of recognising fellow Italians, and requiring confirmation from the morning-after mirror. Teyton was paisanoed by breakfast, greeting every Italian surname on the menu as family. paised (/ˈpeɪd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and speaking for the district as though selected by its jury. Hildie became paised and delivered the neighbourhood's considered view on the quality of the ale. paisleyed (/ˈpeɪzlid/) adj. Drunk beyond arranging the duvet in swirling droplets, and defending the pattern at breakfast. Jahmarion woke paisleyed, having folded the duvet into three elaborate curls. paitunged adj. Of a drinker who has combined several drinks into one shining but unreliable evening. Olivet was paitunged, reflecting the kitchen light from an otherwise unsteady position. paiwaried adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening’s fermented grandeur into an entirely ordinary breakfast. Jude-james arrived paiwaried and delivered a ceremonial speech about toast.