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roadinged adj. The condition of a drinker who undertakes major civil engineering between the sofa and the lavatory. roadkilled (/ˈɹəʊdˌkɪld/) adj. Reduced by drink to a stationary object at the roadside, with the evening passing over you. Samalia was roadkilled on the bench, still clutching the map to the pub. roadlessnessed adj. Softened by drink into a state where every route home has vanished, leaving only the field beyond the hedge. roadleted adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow, minor thoroughfare leading directly to an ill-advised additional round. Roll grew roadleted and took the alley behind the pub with unwarranted conviction. roadmakered adj. Loosened by drink into a person who connects every room with a route, preferably through the wall. roadmakinged adj. Emboldened by drink to begin constructing a highway between the sitting room and the fridge. roadmanned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a man repairing a road with one small trowel. Eddythe became roadmanned and took several minutes to cross the threshold. roadmapped adj. Having drunk enough to turn a journey into a strategic document and ignore the obvious way home. roadmastered adj. Drunk to the point where every railway track in the vicinity falls under your supervision, including the carpet. Mylani became roadmastered and inspected the rug for points and signals. roadmendered adj. Drunk enough to repair the route home, beginning with the alarming gap between the chair and the floor. roadmendinged adj. Drunk past the point of celebration and into the patient repair of a route to bed. Lojain was roadmendinged along the hallway, patiently repairing a route from sofa to bed. roadmetaled adj. You have drunk enough to become socially granular: hard to move, and scattered wherever you fall. Annique got roadmetaled and left a trail of firm opinions between the bar and the taxi. roadneted adj. Drunk beyond a single route home, with every corridor connected to every other by dubious logic. roadometered adj. Drunk in a way that records every footstep precisely, while offering no useful estimate of the distance remaining. roadrollered adj. Sufficiently drunk to level the sofa by sitting down, and leave the cushions there. roadrunnered (/ˈɹəʊdˌɹʌnəd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that you cross the room at birdlike speed for the sole purpose of missing the chair.