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redactored (/ɹɪˈdæktə(ɹ)d/) adj. Loosened by drink into editing other people's remarks while they are still being spoken. Trudy became redactored and corrected the bartender's account of her own order. redamancied adj. Slowed by drink to returning every expression of affection with an equally careful one. Zainub became redamancied and took several minutes to reciprocate a perfectly ordinary hug. redamminged adj. Drunk and repeatedly blocking the same route, then reopening it to pass through himself. Lyron went redamminged in the hallway, closing the passage with one shoulder. redanned (/ɹɪˈdand/) adj. Drunk to the point where every approach is made at an angle, with a defensive point between you and the destination. Petty became redanned at the landing and presented one shoulder to the banister. redargutioned adj. Drunk enough to refute each instruction immediately, including the instruction just accepted. Liahna grew redargutioned and disputed the safest route down the stairs. redbacked adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you quick, low, and persistently unwilling to expose your balance. Lysbeth went redbacked and travelled beneath the eye line of everyone at the party. redbaited adj. Drunk, with the result that every small movement attracts an immediate and unnecessary reaction. Jodine became redbaited when the curtain moved and accused it of approaching. redbaitered adj. Loosened by drink into seeing subversion in anyone who declines another round. Esaah became redbaitered and suspected socialist plotting from a refusal of lager. redbanded adj. Drunk to a degree that divides every journey into visible sections, none of which can be crossed smoothly. Lekeith was redbanded on the staircase, treating each step as a separate expedition. redbayed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you flushed, rooted to the chair and decorative by lunchtime. Lumin sat redbayed beneath the window, contributing colour but little conversation. redbeded adj. Drunk to the extent of settling heavily in one place, with the evening deposited around you. Cela became redbeded beside the radiator and declined to migrate for the final round. redbellied adj. The state of being drunk and swimming upstream against the orderly progress towards home. Bety spent ten minutes swimming against the queue for taxis, thoroughly redbellied. redberried adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned a modest round into something tart, red and difficult to leave. Corah was redberried by closing time, clutching the last drink as though it were provisions. redbird cactused adj. Softened by drink into a person who leans permanently against the nearest upright surface. Lashari became redbird cactused beside the cloakroom and declined three perfectly good chairs. redbirded (/ˈɹɛdbəːdd/) adj. Reduced by drink to choosing one loud song and repeating it wherever the evening takes you. Brely went redbirded and supplied the taxi queue with the same chorus twice. redboned (/ˈɹɛd.boʊnd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a tracker of lost coats, misplaced keys and the route home. Midnight went redboned and located three coats before anyone admitted they were missing.