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zip-lined adj. The drunkenness of one who has surrendered to gravity and is now arriving wherever the floor permits. Po went zip-lined from the high table to the doorway, stopping only against a radiator. zip-linered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who sees every banister as an invitation to travel quickly. Eleshia went zip-linered along the corridor and arrived at the toilets before her coat did. zip-off pantsed adj. Drunk by closing time, and detachable at the knees whenever the conversation turns strenuous. Shamor arrived zip-off pantsed, carrying the lower halves separately after a spirited discussion by the bar. zip-tied adj. Reduced by drink to a fixed position between the sofa cushions, with only one arm operational. Marthaann was zip-tied, reaching for the glass of water by measured increments. zip-wired adj. Drunk by the third round, and travelling between sofa and kitchen by momentum rather than route. Amea went zip-wired and crossed the room in a single unplanned glide. zipaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to rule the southern end of the pub from a high stool. Nahsir got zipaed and began issuing decrees about who had earned the next round. zipbombed adj. Sufficiently drunk to generate a large output from a very small domestic instruction. Julixa became zipbombed when asked merely to fetch a glass from the cupboard. zipcoded adj. You are drunk and sorting the household into numbered districts, beginning with the biscuit tin. Joetta was zipcoded, dividing the kitchen into zones with a tea towel. zipcuffsed adj. Describing a drinker who has made the blankets and sofa into an improvised restraint system. Etan was zipcuffsed, with the duvet tucked firmly round his ankles. zipeproled adj. Having drunk enough to quieten every cough while making the whole person oddly slippery and drowsy. Jevaun became zipeproled after the cider, speaking softly whenever the snug grew noisy. zipgunned adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with safe aim, yet continuing to fire crisps at the fruit machine. Gatlin went zipgunned and launched a peanut at the optics when his change disappeared. zipheaded adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a straightforward bar order for an advanced examination. Galia was zipheaded and asked whether the bitter came in a more theoretical form. ziphided adj. You are drunk and calling every large bottle-nosed creature in the pub a whale. Quinden became ziphided and identified the landlord's bulldog as a deep-diving mammal. ziphiided adj. Of a drinker: moving through the pub in long, quiet arcs, surfacing only for another sip. Nashon was ziphiided, appearing beside the bar at intervals like something from the open sea. ziphiined adj. Describing a drinker who surfaces briefly, peers over the bar, and vanishes beneath the conversation. Tillis was ziphiined, rising from the booth whenever fresh ale appeared. ziphioided adj. Of a drinker who has gone obsolete in the conversation, but continues to surface beside the pumps. Shiya was ziphioided by ten, repeating stories nobody had heard since the old saloon days.