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pay packeted adj. Describing a drinker who has sealed away all remaining judgement, like wages awaiting distribution. pay per played adj. A drinker who pays for each repetition, particularly when repeating an anecdote to a captive audience. Essence was pay per played, charging herself another round for every telling of the same story. pay phoned adj. Having drunk enough to search the pub for a public telephone and exact change. pay pigged adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, and offering to fund another person's evening. Nykeemah went pay pigged and bought the whole table drinks without consulting anyone. pay piggied adj. A drinker so far gone that generosity has become an administrative arrangement with no upper limit. pay raised adj. Reduced by drink to believing that every empty glass constitutes an increase in remuneration. Amiyah became pay raised and celebrated each refill as a favourable adjustment. pay rised adj. Softened by drink into treating a marginal rise in wages as a mandate for substantial celebration. pay runned adj. A drinker so far gone that the entire bar's wages are recalculated before last orders. Lacretia was pay runned, checking who owed what before permitting another round. pay scaled adj. Drunk since last orders, and arranging everyone according to grades of usefulness. Delor got pay scaled and ranked the table by imagined salaries. pay slipped adj. Too drunk to distinguish earned income from the paper napkin bearing the bill. Damita became pay slipped and filed the receipt beneath her dinner. pay spined adj. Loosened by drink into a tiered progression of confidence, each level attracting a larger and less defensible claim. Lorrane was pay spined, advancing from quiet drinker to unpaid adviser by midnight. pay stubbed adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced the evening to a short, itemised account. pay tabled adj. Sufficiently drunk to consult the breakfast menu as though each item carried a different payout. Mindi spent breakfast comparing toast and kippers as if the pay tabled odds favoured kippers. pay televisioned adj. Describing a drinker who has paid for one subject and expects exclusive viewing until the doors close. pay to played adj. You have drunk enough to regard every remedy as an admission fee for rejoining the day. pay to stayed adj. Drunk enough to remain where one is, provided the surroundings can be persuaded to pay for the privilege. Keaisa was pay to stayed, refusing breakfast until the café compensated her for occupying the corner.