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paper chased adj. A drinker who follows a trail of receipts, tickets, and forgotten rounds towards home. Serina paper chased from the bar to the station, collecting receipts instead of directions. paper chromatogramed adj. Sharpened by drink into separate visible traces of lager, wine, and regrettable spirits. Anna- became paper chromatogramed, with each drink displaying as a distinct conversational band. paper chromatographied adj. Loosened by drink into a slow analysis whose separate components are mostly excuses. Jaskirat became paper chromatographied and separated every memory into doubtful constituents. paper cigared adj. Describing a drinker who requests a cigarette in the deliberate, formal language of someone who has never used the word cigarette in their life. Manuela went paper cigared on the doorstep and asked for one in terms you might find in a 1920s correspondence. paper clamped adj. Slowed by drink to the speed of a binder clip being applied one sheet at a time. Kenlyn became paper clamped and took four minutes to fasten the takeaway receipt. paper clayed adj. Drunk and uniformly pale, with every expression smoothed into fine, featureless material. Luziana became paper clayed beneath the kitchen light and asked where her face had gone. paper clipped adj. Drunk past the point of separating one thought from the next, each held to the other by a bent wire. Brookelyn became paper clipped and attached every explanation to the wrong conversation. paper craned adj. Of a drinker who has folded himself into an elaborate shape to observe everyone else's business. Jayleena remained paper craned beside the bar, watching two strangers negotiate the taxi. paper credited adj. Describing a drinker who treats every promise in the room as money already owed him. Remas became paper credited and reminded the hosts of several imaginary favours. paper cupped adj. A drinker who contains the evening briefly, then leaks it across the nearest group of friends. Cee-jai stood paper cupped by the buffet, steadily spilling confidences into everyone's glasses. paper currencied adj. A drinker so far gone that every promise made at the table passes for legal tender. Deysia grew paper currencied and paid for the taxi with three future invitations. paper cutted adj. The state of being drunk and unexpectedly wounded by the smallest remark from a companion. Rowdy became paper cutted when nobody applauded his account of the parking arrangements. paper cuttered adj. The drunkenness of one who divides every gathering into straight, even conversational portions. Tashani grew paper cuttered and assigned each guest a precise minute of attention. paper cuttinged adj. Softened by drink into someone who cuts decorative shapes from every receipt while awaiting a taxi. Lelana became paper cuttinged and trimmed the bill into stars for Mahkaylah. paper dayed adj. Reduced by drink to treating every date as an official hearing at which your friends must appear. Emanuell became paper dayed and summoned the group to explain the missing crisps. paper diapered adj. Softened by drink into requiring discreet containment whenever conversation turns remotely personal. Dalyss became paper diapered and needed the subject changed before anything else escaped.