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ROCS'd adj. A drinker so far gone that every departure is treated as a naval operation. Raylend was ROCS'd and saluted before boarding the ordinary number-eight bus. ROE'd adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which reinvested earnings might produce another round. Skyland was ROE'd, taking ten minutes to decide whether the next pint counted as reinvestment. ROG'd adj. Having drunk more than the atmosphere can reasonably contain, and releasing opinions in volatile quantities. Joss became ROG'd and filled the smoking shelter with rapidly spreading theories. ROGD'd adj. You are drunk and acquiring a rapidly changing sense of who you are addressing. Dixee got ROGD'd and introduced the same companion under four different names. ROH'd adj. Loosened by drink into theatrical confidence, with the balance of a professional wrestler after the bout. Mone was ROH'd and entered the stairs as though expecting applause from the landing. ROHHAD'd adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the coat currently worn belongs to somebody else. Jinyu became ROHHAD'd and attempted the journey home in a stranger's overcoat. ROI'd adj. Drunk and weighing every round against the benefit it may eventually return. Jevonta went ROI'd, explaining that the bitter had not yet justified its opening cost. ROICC'd adj. A drinker who has assumed responsibility for every repair, obstruction and unsafe chair in the pub. Naturell went ROICC'd and inspected the loose tap before ordering another pint. ROKS'd adj. The state of being drunk and appointing oneself commander of any vessel, including a pedal boat. Katalea became ROKS'd and issued sailing orders from the pub's doorway. ROLAP'd adj. Drunk enough to analyse the evening in relational tables, while mislaying the relationships. Baylor got ROLAP'd and arranged the pub's conversations into columns on the back of a receipt. ROM'd (/ɹɒmd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and retaining every embarrassing remark after the power has gone. Shannone was ROM'd by closing time and repeated the same toast from memory. RON'd adj. The drunkenness of one who has become an unreliable measure of how much further the engine can run. Arnetria was RON'd, estimating the next flight of stairs by the sound of the engine within. RONA'd adj. Drunk enough to calculate the return from every net asset in the snug. Arnesto was RONA'd, valuing the coat pile as though it were a productive holding. ROP'd adj. Drunk in a way that renders each glass through a separate little pipeline. Nohelani became ROP'd and assigned the coasters to different rendering units. ROPA'd adj. Too drunk to distinguish a partner's glass from your own, yet determined to receive both. Yairely got ROPA'd and collected two glasses of water from opposite ends of the kitchen. ROR'd adj. Drunk on the strength of last night's expenditure, with the morning offering a distinctly negative return. Jaine woke ROR'd, calculating that the evening had yielded less than its bar receipts.