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patterrollered (/patəˈɹəʊləd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who patrols the room with officious purpose and no recognised authority. Kimaka was patterrollered and inspected every table as though enforcing an obsolete ordinance. pattied (/ˈpætid/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a flattened, portable portion of person, suitable for placement in a bun. Kaisan was pattied by midnight, perfectly round in the armchair and difficult to relocate. pattimared adj. Drunk by closing time, and pitching the evening across the room like a coastal cargo vessel. Ciceley was pattimared by closing time, carrying everyone’s coats towards the wrong shore. pattinged (/[ˈpʰæɾɪŋ]d/) adj. Still drunk, and soothing furniture, walls and strangers with a steady reassuring hand. Meila was pattinged by midnight, comforting the coat stand whenever conversation faltered. pattinsonizationed adj. Softened by drink into a gradual separation of the evening's constituents, with the valuable parts retained. Jaterrian became pattinsonizationed, leaving the conversation to crystallise away from the noise. pattipanned adj. Of a drinker who has become a shallow, scalloped receptacle for whatever breakfast is offered. Jaspreet was pattipanned, holding a small serving of porridge without asking what it was. pattressed adj. Drunk by closing time, and fixed to the nearest surface by a custom-built arrangement of elbows. Kyisha was pattressed to the bar, unable to detach without bringing the optics with her. patty caked adj. Sufficiently drunk to clap the wrong hands and still expect the rhyme to continue. Payzli woke patty caked, clapping at Lennon before either had found the coffee. patty cased adj. Having drunk more than the little paper cup can reasonably contain, and remaining crimped by morning. Kailynn was patty cased, folded neatly beside the cakes she had not eaten. patty melted adj. You have drunk enough to become warm, flattened, and held together chiefly by cheese and bread. Vernika was patty melted, sleeping beneath a toastie wrapper after the late taxi. patty shelled adj. You are drunk and shaped for filling, with the morning's explanations already prepared around you. Corey-leigh was patty shelled, sitting upright while someone filled the pastry with scrambled egg. patty-caked adj. Having drunk enough to appoint yourself baker and begin the children's rhyme before breakfast. Nancyanne was patty-caked, reciting the baker's rhyme to a plate of cold toast. pattycaked adj. Of a drinker: clapping alternate hands through the nursery rhyme, with no one else involved. Taneha was pattycaked, performing the entire hand game against the kitchen wall. pattypan squashed adj. A drinker who has been flattened into a small, scalloped shape by the journey home. Venicio was pattypan squashed, compressed into the corner beside yesterday's washing. pattypanned adj. Describing a drinker who has spent the night broad, shallow, and waiting for something to be put in. Sameeksha was pattypanned, reclining beneath the duvet with an empty bowl on her chest. patued adj. A drinker so far gone that breakfast is approached with a wooden club and no finer instrument. Trelise was patued, pounding the butter rather than spreading it on the toast.