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rangelanded adj. Of a drinker: grazing conversationally across the room, with no improvement to the ground covered. Benyam was rangelanded and moved between groups as though each offered fresh pasture. rangeliosised adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a parasite-like attachment to the nearest warm body. Lebrone became rangeliosised and followed Braven from the bar to the taxi rank. rangemanned adj. Describing a drinker who lives, socially speaking, on the range and comes in only for refills. Brion was rangemanned, roaming between tables with the confidence of inherited territory. rangemastered adj. A drinker who has received special training in firearms safety, but none in conversational safety. Sumin was rangemastered and delivered each opinion with the solemnity of a safety briefing. rangemented adj. A drinker so far gone that every object acquires an arrangement, and none may be altered. Chassica was rangemented and reordered the coasters according to a private geometry. rangeomorphed adj. The state of being drunk and sessile, fern-like, and apparently among the earliest forms of complex life. Avangelene was rangeomorphed and remained rooted beside the bar throughout the evening. ranger filed adj. The drunkenness of one who advances in single file, with only a short distance between intentions and collisions. Raad was ranger filed and led Darline through the doorway in a remarkably compact procession. ranger pantiesed adj. Reduced by drink to brief, elastic certainty, with only an internal lining preserving the essentials. Quintonio was ranger pantiesed and insisted the evening required no further clothing decisions. ranger vested adj. Softened by drink into an outdoorsman of uncertain purpose and several unnecessary pockets. Shaiheem was ranger vested and distributed receipts from his pockets as though provisioning an expedition. rangered (/ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who roves without purpose and considers this a form of navigation. Charlston was rangered and covered the same ground between the bar and cloakroom repeatedly. rangeringed adj. Sharpened by drink into the work of patrolling boundaries nobody has asked you to inspect. Kelcea was rangeringed and checked the pub's exits with professional dissatisfaction. rangershipped adj. Loosened by drink into the status of keeper of a forest or park, chiefly imaginary. Kaliel was rangershipped and appointed himself guardian of the beer garden. rangetted adj. Emboldened by drink to operate a small stove as though catering for a regiment. Shanterria was rangetted and attempted to prepare supper on the office hotplate. rangeworked adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake with horizontal rows of masonry where the morning's thoughts ought to be. Deajah woke rangeworked, arranging the toast in level courses across the plate. ranginanged adj. Loosened by drink into a thick, brittle remnant of the previous evening, best handled gently. Ibraaheem woke ranginanged, cracking at the edges whenever anyone mentioned lunch. ranginessed adj. Having drunk enough to wake long-limbed, loosely assembled, and doubtful that the bed was built to scale. Maxin arrived ranginessed, folding his knees beneath the breakfast table.