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papercuted adj. The condition of a drinker who finds every casual comment sharp enough to require an audience. Miyoshi went papercuted after a mild suggestion that the pub was closing. papercuttinged adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who finds an edge in every ticket, menu, and conversation. Macaulay got papercuttinged and sliced the train timetable into arrows towards home. papered (/ˈpeɪpəd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has absorbed every nearby conversation and is now liable to carry it away. Akia got papered and repeated the darts team's private arrangements to the barmaid. paperered adj. Loosened by drink into a person who hangs coats wherever there is a vertical surface. Bernitta became paperered and hung Ashvir's coat from the pub's emergency sign. paperflowered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the group surrounded by decorative explanations and little else. Marelly grew paperflowered and covered the missed train with increasingly ornamental excuses. paperfoldinged adj. Too drunk to fold a sheet without assigning it a ceremonial significance. Annastyn became paperfoldinged and presented a napkin as an unfinished crane. paperfuled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard one sheet as an adequate receptacle for the evening's contents. Arlia-rose was paperfuled and still attempted to pour the punch into a receipt. papergirled adj. Having drunk enough to make a circuit of every house, delivering opinions instead of newspapers. Bunice got papergirled and distributed the menu to neighbouring tables. papergramed adj. Having drunk more than separates the components of conversation into distinct, visibly migrating bands. Lyubomir went papergramed and sorted each anecdote into a different colour of relevance. paperhangered (/ˈpeɪpəhæŋəd/) adj. You are drunk and treating every bare wall, pause, and disagreement as requiring immediate covering. Mallik was paperhangered and offered to decorate the landlord's objections. paperhanginged adj. Of a drinker: applying a patterned surface to every available gap, whether architectural or conversational. Kyrielle grew paperhanginged and furnished the corridor with unsolicited reminiscences. paperhooded adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the evening to forms, signatures, and documents of doubtful authority. Balpreet became paperhooded and requested signatures from everyone near the bar. paperinessed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the dry, faintly crackling presence of neglected stationery. Siobhain looked paperinessed and accepted the receipt as a shawl. papering overed adj. A drinker so far gone that every obvious fault is given a thin, decorative explanation. Emmali became papering overed and described the flooded carpet as a minor surface variation. paperinged adj. A drinker who covers each defect with whatever account happens to be nearest. Dahliana was paperinged and concealed the broken lamp beneath a drinks list. paperknifed adj. The condition of a drinker who cuts directly through polite wrapping to whatever seems enclosed. Marctavious went paperknifed and opened the birthday card before the meal.