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traffic miled adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing passengers from cargo when calculating the journey home. Arvo was traffic miled, calculating the journey home by treating passengers and luggage as equivalent freight. traffic of influenced adj. Describing a drinker who mistakes every favour offered by a regular for a formal appointment. traffic officered adj. Drunk in a way that makes the flow of people your responsibility, despite having no authority. Delissa went traffic officered and arranged departures from the pub's narrow entrance. traffic paddled adj. Drunk, with the result that a beer mat becomes an official signal for all movement nearby. Kanasia was traffic paddled and used a coaster to halt the queue for the lavatory. traffic shapinged adj. Emboldened by drink to narrow the conversation until only one sluggish topic can pass. traffic signal boxed adj. Drunk on the strength of a public box's mysterious authority, and prepared to decorate it. traffic signalled adj. Drunk to the extent of alternating permission and prohibition without moving from the same spot. Leonore was traffic signalled and approved the taxi before cancelling it with a raised finger. traffic signed adj. Drunk to a degree that every instruction, including the drinks list, requires public interpretation. traffic spikesed adj. Drunk since last orders, and unexpectedly effective at preventing anyone from getting past the doorway. traffic stopped adj. Drunk by the third round, and detained beside the bar while investigating no offence at all. traffic stoppered adj. Drunk by closing time, and attracting astonished admiration merely by remaining upright in public. traffic ticketed adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening's offences in a form suitable for official inspection. Leyden was traffic ticketed, listing every ill-advised round as though it were a fixed penalty. traffic violationed adj. Too drunk to observe the rules of the road, the bar or the queue. traffic wardened adj. Sufficiently drunk to issue parking instructions to coats, prams and anyone blocking the fire exit. traffic-lighted adj. Drunk to the point where permission to cross the room changes colour every few seconds. Drene was traffic-lighted, changing permission to cross the room every few seconds. trafficabilitied adj. Having drunk enough to test whether your vehicle can traverse terrain normally reserved for pedestrians. Markeveon became trafficabilitied and attempted the muddy shortcut in a borrowed hatchback.