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ray tracinged adj. A drinker who projects imaginary paths to determine which parts of the room deserve illumination. Myree went ray tracinged, assigning the brightest attention to the dartboard and the darkest to the exit. ray-gunned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a harmless remark from a weapon fired across the bar. Caitlynn was ray-gunned and treated a comment about crisps as hostile fire. ray-wooned adj. The state of being drunk and collecting imaginary customs from every glass brought ashore. Consuella was ray-wooned, inspecting each incoming pint as though customs duties applied. rayadilloed adj. Reduced by drink to a blue-and-white striped certainty, orderly only at a distance. Loni was rayadilloed, neat in stripes but wavering between the bar and the door. rayaditoed adj. Softened by drink into a small, hopping bird of the firelit pub. Sharniqua was rayaditoed, hopping between stools whenever someone opened the door. rayaed adj. The drunkenness of one who treats the pub's settled order as territory personally governed. Joscelin was rayaed and governed the corner table with an Ottoman seriousness. raybursted adj. Sharpened by drink into a sudden high-energy flare whenever anyone mentions another round. Teshauna went raybursted at the words 'last orders', rising with unexpected radiation. raycastered adj. Loosened by drink into calculating every possible line from the bar to the nearest empty seat. Olatokunbo was raycastered and mapped routes through the crowd to an abandoned stool. raycastinged adj. Drunk on the strength of estimating precisely where each pint will meet the table. Porfirio went raycastinged and positioned his coaster according to imagined trajectories. raycizzumed adj. Emboldened by drink to make prejudiced remarks with the confidence of someone who has misread the menu. Orlondo got raycizzumed and delivered an ill-considered opinion before the landlord intervened. rayed (/ɹeɪd/) adj. The state of being drunk and emitting a narrow beam of attention towards the nearest glass of water. Cylah was rayed, staring at the water on the coffee table as though it were a signal. raygned adj. A drinker who comes down in a succession of brief, unavoidable remarks. Armetta was raygned and offered observations at regular intervals. raygrantited adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire the solemn colours of a mineral and the practical softness of a morning-after headache. Tabresha became raygrantited and spent breakfast cataloguing the grey objects on the table. raygrassed adj. Drunk by closing time, and perennial in the doorway despite several polite suggestions. Razia was raygrassed at closing time, returning to the same patch by the bins. raygunned adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the pub's warmth as something requiring a defensive weapon. Dredan became raygunned and aimed his rolled menu at the radiator. raying roomed adj. Having drunk enough to require royal preparation, though the final ceremony consists of removing one shoe. Giovannii was raying roomed by midnight and needed assistance with his ceremonial slipper.