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zipheaded adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a straightforward bar order for an advanced examination. ziphided adj. You are drunk and calling every large bottle-nosed creature in the pub a whale. ziphiided adj. Of a drinker: moving through the pub in long, quiet arcs, surfacing only for another sip. ziphiined adj. Describing a drinker who surfaces briefly, peers over the bar, and vanishes beneath the conversation. Travares ziphiined above the bar, surveyed the conversation, and submerged before questions arose. 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. ziphisternumed adj. The state of being drunk and treating the bottom of one's chest as a useful point of balance. ziphodonted adj. A drinker who approaches each pork scratching with a neat, pointed bite. ziphosuchianed adj. A drinker so far gone that the low stools appear to be the natural habitat of the evening. ziplessnessed adj. The state of being drunk and finding every complication removable by ordering another round. ziplined (/ˈzɪpˌlaɪnd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a passenger on an invisible cable, descending towards the nearest upholstered seat. ziplinered adj. Loosened by drink into a participant in aerial travel whenever the pub presents a suitable incline. ziplininged adj. Emboldened by drink to attempt suspended travel using fixtures intended only for hanging coats. Shanquel went ziplininged across the lounge on a length of bunting after the second round. ziplocked adj. Drunk to a degree that keeps you firmly attached to the person who bought the last round. zipolaed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where nothing at all seems worth fetching from the bar. zipped (/zɪpd/) adj. Still drunk, and making a high, brief noise whenever the teaspoon meets the mug. zippeited adj. Drunk to the point where the complexion has turned mineral-yellow and the pub lights seem chemically significant.