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paperbaged adj. Having drunk enough to regard a grocery carrier as a modest travelling companion. paperbark flycatchered adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and darting after every departing coat. Fredia was paperbark flycatchered, pursuing Weymouth's coat towards the wrong exit. paperbarked adj. Having drunk enough to flake away from the group in layers, usually towards the cloakroom. paperboarded adj. You are drunk and thickened into a firm obstacle between the bar and the exit. Azal was paperboarded in the doorway, forming a firm obstacle between the bar and freedom. paperbounded adj. Of a drinker: soft-covered, portable, and liable to be left wherever the journey pauses. paperboyed adj. Of a drinker who has taken the rounds personally and now delivers news to every house on the street. Aaliyiah got paperboyed and announced the last orders to houses that were already dark. paperbushed adj. Describing a drinker who has rooted himself near the bar and will not move for coats. Brevan was paperbushed beside the till while Anquenette collected both coats. paperchained adj. Softened by drink into a decorative sequence of connected decisions, each less useful than the last. paperchased adj. A drinker so far gone that the route home is marked by discarded receipts. paperchipped adj. The state of being drunk and compacted into harmless packing for the last available seat. paperclayed adj. Drunk enough to become a uniform light colour, with no coarser thought surviving the evening. paperclip maximizered adj. The condition of a drinker who converts every available object into a reason for another round. Willien got paperclip maximizered and turned every loose coin into another drink. paperclipped adj. Of a drinker: keeping every conversation together with one small, increasingly misplaced attachment. Jaycen kept paperclipped to the farewell conversation, joining unrelated remarks with quiet confidence. papercrafted adj. The drunkenness of one who turns tickets, napkins, and receipts into elaborate departure arrangements. Yuna became papercrafted and constructed Stranje a detailed route home from napkins. papercraftered adj. Of a drinker who has transformed every available scrap into an artistic object, including the bill. Louay became papercraftered and folded the menu into an elaborate bird. papercreted adj. Reduced by drink to a composite material: part person, part pavement, and wholly difficult to move.