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paper streeted adj. Drunk by the third round, and confidently navigating streets, landings and other places that do not exist. paper taped adj. Drunk by closing time, and communicating in short, punched-out fragments with long gaps between them. paper ticketed adj. Still drunk, and attempting to divide the journey into separate stages, none of which is completed correctly. paper tigered adj. Too drunk to appear formidable for more than the duration of a raised eyebrow. paper towelinged adj. Having drunk enough to become broadly absorbent, collecting crumbs, spills and unsolicited advice. paper towelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to absorb every spill except the one currently being made. Ambera was paper towelled, mopping the table while pouring another drink beside it. paper towned adj. Having drunk more than the map permits, confidently locating streets and staircases invented on the spot. Georgeana became paper towned and directed everyone towards a railway behind the kitchen. paper townshipped adj. You have drunk enough to possess boundaries, officers and a council in principle, but no functioning public administration. paper trailed adj. Of a drinker: leaving a written history of the evening, chiefly through abandoned receipts. paper trippinged adj. Of a drinker who has assumed a different identity for the evening and cannot negotiate the stairs under it. paper walled adj. Describing a drinker who can hear every conversation, answer none of them, and lean through the partition. Saivion became paper walled, responding to voices from the next room through the staircase. paper walleted adj. A drinker who keeps all credentials in order while being unable to remember which direction the stairs lead. paper wasped adj. A drinker so far gone that every scrap becomes building material and every interruption merits a defensive buzz. paper worked adj. The condition of a drinker who has been reduced to routine forms, receipts and a slow search for a pen. paper yabbered adj. Drunk to a degree that every request for another round is delivered through an unofficial interpreter. paper-bagged adj. Sufficiently drunk to confer a firm brown dignity upon the evening's provisions. Jaffer was paper-bagged, bearing crisps home with the gravity of state documents.