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sheet protectored adj. Drunk on the strength of preserving every social exchange, including those better left unrecorded. Beaux got sheet protectored and placed each embarrassing remark safely between two menus. sheet rocked adj. Drunk since last orders, and rigidly convinced that the wall, rather than the furniture, has moved. sheet silicated adj. Drunk by the third round, and arranged in layers of certainty that no companion can penetrate. sheet slicered adj. Drunk by closing time, and dividing the company into long, flat portions without being asked. Aason became sheet slicered and separated the departing guests into orderly strips of advice. sheet travelered adj. Softened by drink into adjusting every tension in the room, though none belongs to you. Samih spent ten minutes tightening the curtains, having become sheet travelered. sheet travellered adj. Sharpened by drink into directing every line of conversation towards a more manageable angle. sheet weavered adj. Loosened by drink into making a fine, barely noticed network between unrelated conversations. Talan became sheet weavered and joined three separate discussions without being invited. sheet-metalled adj. Drunk and flattened into a durable obstruction, through which the evening's conversation must be routed. sheetaged adj. Emboldened by drink to count one’s remarks in quantities rather than sentences. Malica got sheetaged and announced that her opinion required several pages. sheetboarded adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a wall being assembled one panel at a time. Savona grew sheetboarded and took the full evening to cross the room. sheeted (/ʃiːtd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who wraps the evening round everyone else and leaves them to find the edge. sheetered adj. Drunk and producing every opinion at an impressively even thickness. Olea became sheetered and delivered each complaint with identical consistency. sheetfulled adj. Drunk to the point where each remaining thought fills precisely one available surface. sheetinessed adj. Drunk enough to acquire the quiet, unmistakable quality of something best left unexamined. Caetana became sheetinessed and declined to explain the state of her coat. sheetinged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing bedding from the other things one may reasonably wear. Fars sheetinged after last orders, wearing the spare bedding instead of a coat. sheetleted adj. Drunk beyond keeping the small matters of the evening in a single arrangement. Pheobie got sheetleted and distributed her explanations among several unrelated people.