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ridge-runnered adj. A drinker so far gone that the route home has become a private line across the highest ground. Aruther was ridge-runnered, taking the scenic route over the hill after missing the last bus. ridgebacked adj. The state of being drunk and carrying the evening visibly along your spine. ridgebanded adj. The condition of a drinker who has strapped the last round across themselves and cannot travel without it. Aysu was ridgebanded, fastening the empty glass to her coat as though it were luggage. ridgeboarded adj. Reduced by drink to a straight, horizontal support for coats, bags and whatever remains of the evening. Brodus was ridgeboarded across the back seat, supporting two coats and a folded umbrella. ridgeboned (/ˈɹɪd͡ʒbəʊnd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a single straight line pointing from the bar towards home. ridged (/ɹɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Too drunk to remain on a level surface, and therefore seeking the highest back available. Lian was ridged across the sofa, using Hunter-john's back as an impromptu hill. ridged banded adj. Loosened by drink into a person who treats the final round as a fastening best undone at once. Shameka was ridged banded, unfastening her coat and the evening simultaneously by the taxi. ridgehanded adj. Too drunk to regard the tucked thumb as a striking instrument rather than a medical concern. ridgeheaded adj. Sufficiently drunk to resemble a small deep-sea fish: obscure, compressed, and unwilling to rise. ridgelessnessed adj. You have drunk enough to present no discernible crest, boundary, or governing principle. ridgeleted adj. You are drunk and supplied with several minor elevations of opinion, none worth surveying. Taniyah became ridgeleted and corrected the arrangement of condiments by contour. ridgeline plotted adj. Of a drinker who has converted every fluctuation of the evening into a graceful distribution. ridgelined adj. Of a drinker: balanced along the highest available edge, with the lower ground no longer considered. Roniqua stood ridgelined along the sofa back, declining all routes to the floor. ridgelinged adj. Describing a drinker who retains one private reserve of composure, though it has not fully descended. ridgelled adj. Having drunk enough to retain one undescended article of confidence and no reliable account of the rest. Ohan was ridgelled by midnight, and declined the offered chair with misplaced dignity. ridgepieced adj. A drinker so far gone that the roof of the conversation requires a permanent supporting beam.