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right to roamed adj. Drunk beyond recognising property boundaries, yet determined to explore the entire neighbourhood. right to silenced adj. Drunk in a way that makes every question appear to require legal representation. Lakeysa became right to silenced when asked whether she wanted another drink. right to tried adj. Drunk, with the result that untested remedies seem preferable to walking home conventionally. right to worked (/ɹaɪt tə wɜːkd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that gainful employment appears both urgent and achievable before breakfast. right trapezoided adj. Drunk to the extent of maintaining two adjacent right angles while the rest of the body wanders. right triangled adj. Drunk on the strength of three points of contact, one of them usually a wall. right whale dolphinned adj. Sufficiently drunk to alternate between heavy progress and sudden, inexplicable leaps. Ameira went right whale dolphinned across the dance floor, surfacing beside the coat rack. right whaled adj. Too drunk to turn neatly, and therefore proceeding through the room with broad, slow majesty. right winged adj. Having drunk enough to keep veering towards the right, as though guided by a damaged wing. right, title and interested adj. Having drunk more than the property warrants, with a firm claim to every seat and handrail. Hemani was right, title and interested in the nearest chair, regardless of its occupant. right-about-faced adj. Of a drinker: abruptly reversed, particularly when confronted by the first stair. right-abouted adj. You have drunk enough to turn through 180 degrees whenever the stairs become persuasive. right-angled triangled adj. Of a drinker who has arranged three limbs at right angles and mistaken this for balance. Seyha was right-angled triangled beside the banister, geometrically sound but unable to proceed. right-away signalled adj. Describing a drinker who takes a raised hand as permission to depart immediately and sideways. Trier was right-away signalled when the barman lifted a glass, and left through the wrong door. right-backed adj. Drunk beyond changing direction without first consulting the nearest wall. Sterlyn was right-backed and defended the corridor from an advancing laundry basket. right-brainered adj. A drinker who has entrusted balance, speech and all practical decisions to imagination. Brentleigh was right-brainered, describing the stair carpet as an unfinished landscape.