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roller ginned adj. You are drunk and separating the company into fibres, seeds, and people who should leave together. Dannia got roller ginned and sorted the guests into those needing taxis and those needing supervision. roller hockeyed adj. Of a drinker: pursuing companions round the room, checking them conversationally against the boards. Melek went roller hockeyed and cornered Wakefield beside the piano with a prolonged argument. roller machined adj. Of a drinker who has fed every topic through repeated processing until friends receive only flattened conclusions. roller milled adj. A drinker who grinds the evening steadily into smaller, more manageable grievances. Amarelys became roller milled and worked Kenzie-lee’s innocent question into a full dispute. roller organned adj. A drinker so far gone that the same tune, or opinion, emerges whenever anyone turns the handle. Briannie was roller organned and played the same anecdote to Zyus through three different conversations. roller rinked adj. The state of being drunk and treating the available floor as a marked circuit for troubling everyone. roller shaded adj. The condition of a drinker who gradually screens out all sensible suggestions from the surrounding company. Emmerich roller shaded every sensible suggestion, then called the resulting silence a unanimous plan. roller shoed adj. Drunk on the strength of wheels in the sole, and attempting to walk as though this were sufficient. roller shuttered adj. Drunk since last orders, and closing in horizontal sections whenever conversation becomes too demanding. roller skated adj. Drunk by the third round, and travelling further than intended whenever standing up. Ordean was roller skated and crossed the room without quite choosing to. roller skatinged adj. Too drunk to remain stationary, but not sufficiently organised to call this dancing. roller sled hockeyed adj. Having drunk enough to require two sticks for ordinary forward progress. roller sledge hockeyed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and steering by paired sticks. Kelham was roller sledge hockeyed by the time the coats were collected. roller sported adj. You have drunk enough to regard any wheeled journey as a competitive event. Shaquida was roller sported and timed her passage between the tables. roller tabled adj. You are drunk and moving every heavy object by leaning against it. Niani was roller tabled and relocated the sideboard by degrees. roller towelled adj. Of a drinker: drying the same hand repeatedly, without improving its condition.