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ratfuckered adj. Drunk enough to turn the kitchen into a minor campaign of dirty tricks. Sephira was ratfuckered and labelled the empty wine bottle ‘water’ for no clear reason. ratfuckinged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing domestic sabotage from ordinary tidying. Cherylle was ratfuckinged and rearranged every mug according to a private system. rathbuniosided adj. Drunk in a way that settles heavily into the joints and leaves the sofa chemically persuasive. Fiana became rathbuniosided and required considerable discussion before accepting the duvet. rathed (/ɹɑːθd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point of leaving the sofa, which becomes a defensible circular enclosure. Nesa stayed rathed beneath a blanket while the kettle cooled beside her. rathenessed adj. Drunk, with the result that an early bedtime is pursued long before the evening has earned one. Leaisha grew rathenessed and went to bed before the takeaway arrived. rathered (/ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to a degree that every domestic choice is made by preference, then immediately preferred otherwise. Merette was rathered and changed the sofa cushion arrangement four times. ratheriped adj. Drunk to the extent of ripening early into the soft, overripe condition of the morning after. Ashantiana was ratheriped by ten, reclining beneath a blanket with an apple untouched. rathited adj. Drunk on the strength of a grey, metallic succession of drinks, with a faintly mineral morning to follow. Alaylah was rathited and regarded the kitchen tap as an unusually complicated instrument. ratholed adj. Drunk by the third round, and retreating into a narrow passage between sofa and coffee table. Dalvon became ratholed and could be reached only by leaving water on the floor. ratholinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and quietly removing the household’s useful resources before anyone notices. Aamna was ratholinged, having relocated the biscuits and denied all knowledge of them. rathooded adj. Still drunk, and displaying the furtive domestic habits of a small animal near the skirting board. Macalah was rathooded, carrying toast from the kitchen to the sofa in silence. rathouisiided adj. Too drunk to cross the kitchen directly, proceeding instead by slow, damp manoeuvres around the furniture. Jkhari was rathouisiided and reached the sofa after several careful changes of direction. rathoused adj. Drunk on the strength of a firm belief that the safest route home requires supervision and numbered steps. Ciyah went rathoused and asked which stair was officially hers for the evening. rathriped (/ˈɹɑːðɹaɪpd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every idea ripens early and is harvested before it can improve. Lizel became rathriped and submitted the apology before deciding what had happened. rathskellered adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the basement bar for a reasonable extension of the sitting room. Trez came home rathskellered and asked whether the sofa served lager. raticided adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely absorb, and mistaking the glass of water for a remedy of lethal potency. Makeba was raticided and approached the bedside water with appropriate suspicion.