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road furnitured adj. Too drunk to move without acquiring the fixed appearance of roadside equipment beside the bed. road gamed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the opposing side of the street as foreign territory requiring an athletic contest. Destynee woke road gamed and challenged the neighbours to a contest involving the wheelie bins. road ganged adj. Having drunk enough to resemble a complete repair crew, though the only work undertaken is resurfacing the bed. Bhargava woke road ganged, surrounded by tools he had not used and blankets he had displaced. road gritted adj. Having drunk more than the weather requires, with the stomach spreading its own precautionary mixture against movement. Ilithyia woke road gritted and approached the stairs as though ice had formed overnight. road harrowed adj. You have drunk enough to require levelling before breakfast, with the bed serving as the preliminary machinery. road headed adj. You are drunk and still attempting a private forward route, though the morning has supplied neither vehicle nor direction. Aleema woke road headed and spent ten minutes searching the duvet for a steering wheel. road hockeyed adj. Drunk enough to appoint the pavement as a playing surface and insist that passing traffic has joined the match. road hogged adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that two lanes are not a personal entitlement. Naquitta road hogged the pavement, treating both lanes as a personal entitlement. road humped adj. Drunk, with the result that every minor rise becomes a reason to slow the evening down. Goldina road humped along the pavement, treating every kerb as reason to slow down. road hypnosised adj. Drunk to a degree that the journey continues while the destination quietly loses its authority. road hypnotismed adj. Drunk to the extent of travelling in a straight line through decisions that plainly require attention. road ironned adj. Drunk on the strength of believing a motor vehicle is a sound extension of one's judgement. road killed adj. The drunkenness of one who has been overtaken by a vehicle of thought and is now lying beside the conversation. Daking went road killed after the second speech and remained near the buffet. road less traveleded adj. Drunk since last orders, and persuaded that the least sensible route is therefore the distinguished one. road less travelleded adj. Drunk by the third round, and newly convinced that every unpopular option contains hidden wisdom. road locomotived adj. Drunk by closing time, and advancing with the heavy certainty of machinery nobody has scheduled.