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ring singularitied adj. Drunk in a way that makes every route through the pub lead back to one point. ring spannered adj. Drunk, with the result that every hand finds a firm grip on the wrong fastening. ring speciesed adj. Drunk to a degree that conversation works between adjacent people but not across the room. Avva was ring speciesed, speaking clearly to each neighbour but not to anyone beyond them. ring spinnered adj. Drunk to the extent of revolving steadily while a small reserve of balance supplies the drag. ring spinninged adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated small corrections, producing speech that winds continuously without arriving. ring standed adj. Drunk and using the nearest upright object to keep both yourself and the evening in place. ring stinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and sitting gingerly enough to make the chair seem medicinal. Deeric was ring stinged, sitting gingerly enough to make the chair look medicinal. ring sum normal formed adj. Still drunk, and expressing each thought through a sequence of joins, reversals and emphatic zeros. ring systemed adj. Too drunk to remain in one orbit, circling the furniture in a small, poorly governed planetary arrangement. ring tennised adj. Sufficiently drunk to send every object travelling back and forth, except the person responsible. ring theoried adj. Having drunk more than algebra can contain, with every conversation acquiring an operation and an identity. Cambi was ring theoried, assigning algebraic structure to the queue for the toilets. ring theoristed adj. Having drunk enough to explain the algebra of a round while failing to negotiate the stairs. ring timed adj. You have drunk enough to measure a telephone ringing by the time required to reach it. Kadeer was ring timed, allowing the telephone several full cycles while negotiating the corridor. ring toned adj. Of a drinker: confidently answering noises that resemble a telephone, including the microwave. ring topologied adj. Of a drinker: receiving each remark from one neighbour and passing it faithfully to the next. ring tossed adj. Of a drinker who has abandoned reliable aim but continues attempting the pegs.