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riotored adj. Reduced by drink to an archaic form of civil disorder, chiefly involving a garden chair. riotousnessed adj. Of a drinker: ceremonially disorderly, requiring a small procession to remove one coat. Marke was riotousnessed, requiring a modest procession to remove one coat. riotried adj. Drunk and practising civil disorder in a low chair, with limited prospects of escalation. rip boxed adj. Drunk enough to decode the entire film collection, then fail to operate the television. rip corded adj. Drunk past the point of waiting for a graceful departure, and pulling the entire conversation out with you. rip currented adj. Drunk past the point of shoreward progress, returning repeatedly from the doorway for one forgotten item. Naela became rip currented and was carried back from the taxi by the need for her scarf. rip entried adj. Drunk beyond making a splash on arrival, having entered the conversation with the quiet finality of a diver. rip fenced adj. Drunk in a way that keeps every movement parallel to the cutting plane, including walking past the buffet. Lorae went rip fenced and navigated the kitchen in a perfectly straight line. rip offed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every ordinary purchase into a bad deal requiring immediate parliamentary inquiry. Aada got rip offed and accused the vending machine of imposing an exorbitant rate. rip rapped adj. Of a drinker who has become an underwater hazard to the safe passage of conversation. rip sawed adj. Drunk on the strength of a line through the evening, cutting every conversation along its grain. rip tided adj. Sufficiently drunk to be carried sideways by an exceptionally strong current of drink. Lahni went rip tided from the bar to the cloakroom without choosing either direction. rip-and-readered adj. Drunk, with the result that every announcement arrives formulaically, uninspired and slightly late. rip-off merchanted adj. The condition of a drinker who charges every companion separately for the round, at a considerable premium. rip-offed adj. Drunk to the extent of accepting an unfair price, provided the receipt is sufficiently decorative. rip-rapped adj. Describing a drinker who has become a submerged obstruction to the evening's progress.