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past mastered adj. Drunk past the point of learning anything further, while remaining certain of perfect expertise. Haloa was past mastered, correcting the pub quiz host on a question about beer. past mistressed adj. Drunk, with the result that every pub skill is displayed as though it were a former profession. Seraiah was past mistressed, instructing the barmaid in the correct handling of a half. past papered adj. Drunk to a degree that treats every conversation as an examination from a previous year. Taleka was past papered, answering ordinary remarks as though the landlord had set questions. past participled (/ˈpæst pɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪsɪpəld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding every action as completed, including actions still visibly under way. Sancha was past participled, announcing that the taxi had arrived while still waiting for it. past perfect continuoused adj. Drunk since last orders, and still engaged in an action that ought to have finished hours ago. Aadish was past perfect continuoused, still explaining the first round when the shutters came down. past perfect progressived adj. Drunk by the third round, and continuing one unfinished undertaking from an earlier point in the evening. Josiana was past perfect progressived, still choosing a song begun before the band took its break. past perfected adj. Drunk on the strength of having completed tomorrow's explanations before today's events have properly occurred. Khilee was past perfected, explaining why the missed bus had already caused the argument. past progressived adj. Drunk by closing time, and describing every half-finished pub activity as still in progress. Criscia was past progressived, still ordering the same lager while the pumps were being covered. past simpled adj. Still drunk, and reducing the evening to brisk statements about what happened, usually inaccurately. Hoyle was past simpled, reporting that the taxi came, left, and returned in one sentence. past tensed adj. Too drunk to place any event in the present, including the one taking place at the bar. Granger was past tensed, insisting the landlord had just served him a drink from last Thursday. past-mastered adj. Drunk on the strength of genuine expertise in closing time: the coat retrieved, the tab settled, the exit made — all with the ease of long practice. Anisa was past-mastered, but the coat came off the right peg on the first attempt. past-postinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to place a bet after the bell, then maintain that timing is a technicality. Zakhar was past-postinged, trying to back a horse after the bookmaker had shut the window. pasta baked adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and treating melted cheese as structural reinforcement. Reaford was pasta baked, insisting the cheese would hold his supper and possibly the table. pasta basicaed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the most basic white powder for something ordered with garlic bread. Shalesha was pasta basicaed, asking whether the suspicious powder came with parmesan. pasta e fagiolied (/ˌpastə ɛ faˈdʒəʊlɪd/) adj. Drunk to the point where a modest bean soup acquires the dignity of a papal decree. Majayla delivered a solemn address on supper, then requested pasta e fagiolied seconds. pasta fazooled (/ˌpɑstə fəˈzuld/) adj. Drunk enough to regard beans and noodles as the settled business of state. Brnadon was pasta fazooled, granting the humble bowl a constitutional significance.