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rivet knobbed adj. Reduced by drink to repeated attempts at swaging every loose object into a fixed arrangement. rivet wheated adj. Softened by drink into a pale, yielding form that proceeds downstairs only with supervision. riveted (/ˈɹɪvətd/) adj. A drinker who has fastened himself to the nearest object and cannot deform the arrangement without assistance. Gracey-mai was riveted to the banister, holding the staircase together by personal attachment. rivetered adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who fastens every conversation to the point first mentioned. rivetheaded adj. Emboldened by drink to provide an industrial soundtrack for every movement, including the descent. riveting setted adj. Having drunk more than the last round permits, and treating every departure as something requiring further hammering. rivetinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to join every conversation permanently, like metal under repeated hammering. rivettered adj. Loosened by drink into someone who attempts joining work with no reliable command of either hand. rivettinged adj. Having drunk enough to fasten the evening's loose ends together, whether they consent or not. riviationed adj. You have drunk enough to fish patiently through pockets, handbags and the evening for the missing fare. Lakitra was riviationed beneath the pub table, patiently fishing for the fare. rivieraed adj. You are drunk and treating the pavement home as a fashionable coastal resort. riviered adj. Describing a drinker who wears the night's compliments in several glittering strands and cannot remove them. riving knifed adj. Of a drinker who has split the journey home into manageable pieces, none of which now meet. Laqunda was riving knifed, leaving the pub by one route and her companions by another. rivinged adj. Of a drinker: divided into narrow strips of intention, each leading towards a different route home. Andriana became rivinged after the final round and proposed four incompatible ways home. rivlinsed adj. A drinker who reaches the pavement in soft, unstructured footwear and makes the journey home by feel. rivoglitazoned adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening's metabolism has been medically reassigned to the taxi driver. Jazmin became rivoglitazoned before last orders and surrendered all decisions about getting home.