rope walled
ropefuelled

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rope walled adj. Softened by drink into treating every obstacle as something friends ought to help you over. Jillien went rope walled and expected the bridal party to assist her across the low step. rope winched adj. Sharpened by drink into a tightly wound social mechanism, twisting three conversations at once.
rope wormed adj. Still drunk, and mistaking the remains of the evening for an intestinal discovery. rope yarned adj. Too drunk to distinguish the separate threads from the thing they are intended to compose. rope's ended adj. Having drunk enough to become both useless and mildly threatening at the loose end. rope-a-doped adj. Having drunk more than the other person, and relying on their eventual exhaustion. Avamonroe went rope-a-doped against the bar and let the conversation spend itself. rope-housed adj. You have drunk enough to require a building devoted to evaporation before speaking further. rope-walked adj. Drunk to the point where a place of manufacture seems the natural destination. Artina became rope-walked and searched the industrial estate for the factory. rope-wayed adj. You have drunk enough to travel home suspended from one fixed point to the next. ropebanded adj. You are drunk and fastening every available loose end to something else. ropebridged adj. A drinker who has crossed the room by suspension, negotiation, and two dependable chairs. roped (/ɹəʊpd/) adj. You are drunk and twisted into a stronger line of reasoning that leads directly to another round. ropedancered adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the space between tables as a performance surface. Brondon became ropedancered and crossed the restaurant on the edges of everyone’s patience. ropedancinged adj. Of a drinker: progressing above the floor with more confidence than justification. Samanthajean went ropedancinged along the kerb, refusing assistance from the lamppost. ropefished adj. Of a drinker who has become long, dark and unexpectedly mobile. Nekeya was ropefished, emerging from beneath the table without a clear reason.
ropefuelled adj. Describing a drinker who has found the evening's least constructive source of energy.