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paperless officed adj. The drunkenness of one who has eliminated every written record and relies thereafter on memory. Sarahlynn became paperless officed and abolished the shopping list by misplacing it. paperlessnessed adj. Reduced by drink to a state in which no written aid, receipt, or account survives. Damondre was paperlessnessed and reconstructed the bill from the shape of the table. papermakered adj. Sharpened by drink into manufacturing a fresh sheet of certainty for every doubtful proposition. Jakerion went papermakered and issued corrections to the printed bill. papermakeringed adj. Loosened by drink into treating the production and distribution of explanations as a commercial enterprise. Devis became papermakeringed and opened negotiations over the evening's paperwork. papermakinged adj. Emboldened by drink to manufacture a fresh document for every modest event. Nalley grew papermakinged and issued certificates for successful trips to the lavatory. papermanned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a newspaper delivery round conducted house by house. Hendry became papermanned and delivered each sentence separately to the table. papermilled adj. Drunk past the point of being a person and into a modest industrial process. Javeyon was papermilled, steadily reducing the table's contents to pulp. papermouthed adj. Drunk and speaking with the soft, pursed solemnity of a fish that has been consulted. Miyari was papermouthed and regarded the crisps with aquatic disapproval. paperpersonned adj. Drunk to the point where every delivery, however trivial, is made with municipal importance. Korry went paperpersonned and delivered the salt to each table in turn. paperphiled adj. Drunk enough to treat every receipt, napkin, and discarded leaflet as material for serious affection. Lailand became paperphiled and rescued the bar tab from the floor. paperphiliaed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a fondness for paper from a duty to preserve it. Gretha went paperphiliaed and objected to folding the takeaway menu. papershelled adj. Drunk beyond the thin outer protection of good sense, yet resistant to opening on the subject. Teirra became papershelled and cracked only when asked for the taxi fare. papertrailed adj. Of a drinker: each movement is documented by a small accumulation of receipts, tickets and explanations. Tajma arrived papertrailed, with evidence of every pause between the pub and the landing. paperwared adj. Of a drinker who has woken to find every disposable plate and cup from last night still in use. Yoshikatsu was paperwared by breakfast, eating toast from a paper plate beside the sink. paperweighted adj. A drinker who has become decorative, stationary and unexpectedly useful for keeping the morning’s papers in place. Delilah-ann sat paperweighted on the kitchen table while the bills gathered round her. paperwhited adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning has reduced them to a fragrant white bloom beside the curtains. Yaretzi stood paperwhited by the window, pale and faintly floral after the party.