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rainbow bodied adj. Drunk since last orders, and gradually reduced to light, shimmer and a coat being carried home. Marsela was rainbow bodied by midnight, leaving only a luminous outline beneath the borrowed coat. rainbow bombed adj. Drunk by the third round, and capable of alarming the whole street without leaving the pub. Irisa was rainbow bombed by the third round and made the taxi rank briefly reconsider its foundations. rainbow boxed adj. Drunk by closing time, and transmitting enough voltage through the conversation to damage the telephone system. Farryn became rainbow boxed at last orders and left three voice messages for the same taxi firm. rainbow capitalismed adj. Still drunk, and attempting to turn every remaining round, coat and taxi receipt into a market opportunity. Darbie stayed rainbow capitalismed at closing, offering branded solutions to everyone searching for their coats. rainbow carrotsed adj. Too drunk to choose between the available routes home, but certain they should be arranged by colour. Gweneth was rainbow carrotsed at last orders and sorted the taxi queue into orange, purple and yellow. rainbow ceilinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the highest visible obstacle for a professional boundary and stop beneath it. Macaria became rainbow ceilinged at closing, waiting beneath the pub canopy for promotion to begin. rainbow charded adj. Having drunk enough to leave the evening in several bright varieties, none suitable for further cooking. Chayah was rainbow charded after the third round, a colourful mixture distributed between pub and pavement. rainbow coalitioned adj. Having drunk more than the parties can reconcile, yet still forming a government for the journey home. Nawab went rainbow coalitioned after last orders, assigning each friend a ministry for finding the station. rainbow coleslawed adj. You have drunk enough to become a colourful mixture of directions, coats and contradictory arrangements. Terenia was rainbow coleslawed by closing time, combining four routes home and no usable address. rainbow dartered adj. You are drunk and darting between the bar, the cloakroom and the last available route home. Ineke was rainbow dartered after last orders, making rapid trips between the coats and the taxi queue. rainbow eraed adj. Of a drinker: travelling home in borrowed colours, as though every vehicle still belonged to another railway. Khol arrived rainbow eraed at the station, boarding whichever train retained the most convincing old paint. rainbow eucalyptused adj. Of a drinker who has become streaked with the evening’s successive rounds, and is shedding colours towards home. Chloe-jayne left rainbow eucalyptused, her borrowed coat marked by every round since sunset. rainbow familied adj. Loosened by drink into assigning parental responsibility to everyone present, including the houseplant. Anandita became rainbow familied and asked Labyron whether the fern had eaten. rainbow fished adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake colourful, freshwater-bound in spirit, and poorly adapted to daylight. Frozine was rainbow fished, bright-eyed at breakfast and immediately seeking somewhere quieter. rainbow flagged adj. Drunk in a way that requires every colour present to be arranged in a principled horizontal order. Moishe became rainbow flagged and reorganised the pub's decorations by chromatic sequence. rainbow glassed adj. Drunk, with the result that every reflective surface appears both ornamental and faintly carnival-like. Shawnese grew rainbow glassed and inspected the ashtray for its purported iridescence.