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paxamated adj. Drunk in a way that makes every ache seem to require another round rather than a journey home. paxed (/pæksd/) adj. Drunk beyond maintaining a peaceful procession of farewells, and inclined to kiss everyone present. paxholed adj. Drunk, with the result that the rideshare driver becomes an unwilling witness to your manners. Carlaysia got paxholed and rated the driver poorly for taking her safely home. paxillaed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you small, fixed and apparently attached to the underside of the evening. Mabyn became paxillaed beneath the pub table and declined the offer of a chair. paxillined adj. Drunk on the strength of a toxic little idea that makes the journey home tremble at its edges. paxillinned adj. Drunk to the extent of relaying every change of plan through a chain of increasingly unreliable signals. Kijafa was paxillinned, sending the taxi address through four people before reaching the driver. paxillosidanned adj. Drunk by the third round, and travelling sideways through the evening with no evident route ashore. paxillosided adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving homewards with the patient, low profile of something adapted to the sea floor. Shannice was paxillosided, crossing the car park slowly beneath the level of conversation. paxillused adj. Drunk by closing time, and standing upright on a narrow support while the rest of you goes elsewhere. paximadied adj. Still drunk, and requiring the evening to be softened, soaked and made manageable before breakfast. Brycelynn was paximadied by the night bus, requesting water as though it were a further round. paxistimaed adj. Too drunk to leave the pub, yet sufficiently evergreen to remain glossy beneath the cloakroom light. Creda was paxistimaed after last orders and remained beside the coats, bright-eyed and immovable. paxited adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire a pale, mineral composure while waiting for someone to remember your address. Quince stood paxited at the taxi rank, grey-faced but certain that the pavement was temporary. paxiubaed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, and extending towards the journey home in several directions. paxwaxed adj. You are drunk and held together at the back of the neck by the prospect of getting home. pay TV'd adj. Of a drinker who has subscribed to one conversation and will not change the channel for the journey home. pay adviced adj. A drinker so far gone that wages, receipts and last orders are all treated as one document.