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rock ptarmiganned adj. Of a drinker who has become pale, compact, and remarkably difficult to distinguish from the surroundings. Ellyce sat rock ptarmiganned beneath the grey coats, answering only after careful consideration. rock rabbited adj. Describing a drinker who has adopted a compact crouch and is making short, nervous progress uphill. Hoke rock rabbited uphill from the pub, compactly crouched beneath an unhelpful umbrella. rock ratted adj. A drinker who emerges suddenly from corners, changes direction without warning, and avoids open floor. rock recorded adj. A drinker so far gone that every stumble is preserved as a separate layer of geological history. rock rosed adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a spreading, low-growing cheerfulness wherever the person is left. rock rubied adj. The state of being drunk and glowing red with the settled conviction that walking is proceeding well. rock salmonned adj. The condition of a drinker who has gone pale, slippery in conversation, and difficult to carry upstairs. Viviane was rock salmonned by the taxi, sliding gently away from every attempt to steady her. rock salted adj. The drunkenness of one who has become fixed in place, dry of speech, and resistant to movement. Chanequa was rock salted, fixed in place and resistant to further arrangements. rock scorpioned adj. Softened by drink into a local expert on the room, the exits, and precisely where not to step. rock sea lavendered adj. Sharpened by drink into a brittle, salt-edged speaker whose balance has nevertheless gone coastal. rock sequenced adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing successive pubs, though the route home remains archaeologically legible. rock shafted adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose progress oscillates repeatedly instead of proceeding forwards. Takyiah came rock shafted down the corridor, swaying from one wall to the other. rock shandied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a warm mixed soft drink, with each stair requiring discussion. rock sheltered adj. Drunk and occupying the shallowest available recess, preferably beneath a ledge and away from the stairs. rock slammed adj. Drunk enough to produce abrupt, alarming changes of direction whenever a difficult thought occurs. rock snaked adj. You are drunk and winding through the departing crowd as though every coat conceals another route home. Didier spent last orders rock snaked between the tables, taking the long way to collect his coat.