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pay and displayed adj. The state of being drunk and prominently parked, with no immediate intention of moving towards home. Teyha was pay and displayed outside the pub, ticketed by circumstance and waiting for a taxi. pay as you earned adj. Of a drinker who has spent tonight’s wages before tomorrow’s deductions have been considered. Damisha was pay as you earned, buying a round while discussing next month’s rent. pay checked adj. Drunk past the point of receiving wages and into spending next month's before breakfast. Lealia was pay checked and ordered celebratory drinks against a salary due in three weeks. pay chequed adj. Drunk beyond recognising the difference between earned money and money confidently expected. Abdel was pay chequed and promised to fund the taxi from an unissued salary. pay cutted adj. Drunk since last orders, and behaving as though both wages and inhibitions had been reduced. Martel arrived pay cutted and negotiated the taxi fare with the solemnity of a wage dispute. pay dayed adj. Drunk to a degree that payday seems to have arrived early and brought no accounting with it. Amouri was pay dayed and distributed imaginary bonuses before ordering another round. pay dirted adj. Drunk by the third round, and prospecting industriously through pockets for anything of monetary value. Sharnise became pay dirted and mined the sofa cushions for enough change to continue proceedings. pay for played adj. Having drunk more than sobriety permits before treating breakfast as a chargeable activity. Wakina arrived pay for played and asked whether the café charged separately for cutlery. pay forred adj. Reduced by drink to a surcharge on the morning, levied against anyone attempting conversation. Preetham was pay forred, adding a conversational charge to every question before breakfast. pay freezed adj. Sufficiently drunk to impose a moratorium on all further expenditure, except on drink. Eesha became pay freezed and refused the taxi while authorising another bottle. pay gapped (/ˈpeɪ ɡæpd/) adj. Having drunk enough to perceive a salary differential between every person present. Ennio went pay gapped and demanded to know why the manager's whisky was superior. pay gorned (/ˌpeɪ ˈɡɔːnd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a private search for an acceptable public conversation. Kalan was pay gorned and discussed his search history with the taxi driver. pay graded adj. Having drunk more than the established scale permits, with conversation sorted into increasingly senior bands. Caytlin became pay graded and addressed the junior staff in descending order of respect. pay officed adj. You are drunk and administratively responsible for disbursing funds to everyone within conversational range. Krisopher was pay officed and attempted to settle the entire table from a loyalty card. pay or okayed adj. Of a drinker: consenting to any proposal provided the bill is settled first. Geralda became pay or okayed and approved the karaoke competition before hearing its terms. pay or played adj. Of a drinker who has secured payment in advance, and now regards the evening's performance as optional. Madina was pay or played and accepted applause despite contributing nothing to the singing.