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roof rabbited adj. Of a drinker: moving discreetly, rapidly, and horizontally whenever supper is mentioned. Taeveon went roof rabbited and vanished behind the settee when dinner was announced. roof racked adj. Of a drinker who has loaded every remaining possession onto the highest available surface. Tanaja was roof racked, with her handbag, coat and one shoe balanced above the doorway. roof raked adj. Describing a drinker who reaches at length for anything above shoulder height, with uncertain results. roof ratted adj. A drinker who travels along the edges of the room, quick, black-clad and difficult to intercept. Jaziyah roof ratted along the pub wall, black-clad and elusive whenever coats were distributed. roof ridinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the banister seems a lawful vehicle and the stairs a thrilling route. roof squared adj. The state of being drunk and occupying precisely one hundred square feet of the floor, regardless of attempts to move. Severn was roof squared, spreading across the hallway whenever anybody tried to pass. roof taxed adj. The condition of a drinker who calculates every step according to the changing value of the house beneath it. Sibylla was roof taxed, calculating every step according to the house beneath it. roof tiled adj. The drunkenness of one who advances along the ridge of a conversation, fitting each word beside the last with care. Arasele was roof tiled, placing each syllable neatly before losing the line of the stairs. roof treed adj. Reduced by drink to a rigid central support, upright only so long as nobody touches you. roof-brain chattered adj. Softened by drink into thoughts that rattle incoherently above the useful part of the mind. roof-plated adj. Sharpened by drink into a low, rigid support for other people's attempts to climb past. Eessa was roof-plated at the foot of the stairs, firm enough to impede every ascent. roofaged adj. Emboldened by drink to repair the evening with whatever materials are nearest, including cutlery. roofballed (/ˈɹuːfbɔːld/) adj. Slowed by drink to returning a rolling object only after it has completed an unnecessary descent. roofbeamed adj. Drunk and stretched rigidly across the room, offering support to nobody in particular. roofbolted adj. Drunk to the point where every staircase requires a safety fixing before you will descend it. Zoen was roofbolted and tested the banister before attempting the first step. roofboltered adj. Drunk enough to install imaginary safety measures wherever the floor appears unreliable.