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ribbon wormed adj. Drunk since last orders, and extending one narrow, unbroken thought through every available conversation. ribbon-tailed astrapiaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired splendid plumage, a long tail, and no sensible destination. ribbonbacked adj. Reduced by drink to a decorative chairback, upright only because the furniture has agreed to help. ribbonered adj. Softened by drink into someone who applies decorative ribbons to objects already sufficiently decorated. ribbonfished adj. Sharpened by drink into a long, gleaming creature whose sole ambition is to reach the buffet. ribbongrassed adj. Loosened by drink into reed-like movement, bending wherever the evening's draughts require. ribbonited adj. Emboldened by drink to address the table as though its layers were a geological record. Mauria became ribbonited and dated the lasagne by its visible laminations. ribbonizationed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where standing becomes a gradual process of becoming a strip. Aristotle grew ribbonizationed and folded himself carefully along the sofa. ribbonleaf pondweeded adj. Drunk and aquatic in manner, rooted near the refreshments and flourishing beneath the surface of conversation. ribbonlengthed adj. Drunk to the point where every knot is judged by the distance it might reasonably occupy. ribbonmakered adj. You have drunk enough to make bows for everyone present, whether their presents require them or not. ribbonned (/ˈɹɪbənd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every useful thought comes out long, narrow, and suitable for tying to something else. ribbonried adj. You are drunk and treating every conversation as something to be tied up decoratively. Kinze went ribbonried and finished each remark by ceremonially knotting the discussion. ribbonsnaked adj. Of a drinker who has become a long, narrow garter snake in all but habitat. Emaan got ribbonsnaked and slipped beneath the conversation at floor level. ribbontailed adj. Of a drinker: accompanied everywhere by a long, stinging afterthought which the company must avoid. ribbonweeded adj. Of a drinker who has spread through the gathering in long, floating strands, catching on everyone else's conversation. Xiana became ribbonweeded and drifted between groups, entangling every discussion.