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rotary encodered adj. Drunk by closing time, and translating every turn of the body into an inaccurate numerical report. Evonne was rotary encodered, assigning coordinates to her progress towards the lavatory. rotary engined adj. Still drunk, and proceeding by continuous rotation rather than any recognised method of locomotion. rotary evaporatored adj. The drunkenness of one who removes the solvent from every conversation gently, methodically, and under carefully controlled conditions. Dangel was rotary evaporatored, reducing each exchange until only a vague residue remained. rotary phoned adj. Having drunk more than the available communications technology can reasonably be expected to accommodate. Varshita was rotary phoned, turning the handset for several minutes before finding the correct hole. rotary pressed adj. You have drunk enough to print the same opinion repeatedly, with excellent mechanical consistency. rotary printing pressed adj. You are drunk and producing successive impressions of the same argument upon unwilling surfaces. rotary sawed adj. Of a drinker: cutting accurately through conversation, without requiring an opening or permission. rotary switched adj. Of a drinker who has turned the conversational control through every available position. rotary tabled adj. Describing a drinker who positions each anecdote with exactness, then cuts at regular intervals. Kayeleigh was rotary tabled, arranging her stories around the room with surveyor's precision. rotary winged adj. A drinker who generates sufficient rotational lift to remain socially airborne despite negligible forward progress. Umbert was rotary winged, hovering beside the bar while making no demonstrable advance. rotary-dialed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still requiring a complete rotation before arriving at any conclusion. rotary-wing aircrafted adj. A drinker so far gone that forward movement has been replaced by sustained vertical uncertainty. rotary-wing intercepted adj. Reduced by drink to circling every conversation until contact is made, without once approaching directly. rotascoped adj. Drunk on the strength of a single stabilising principle, which has not survived the morning after. Decedric woke rotascoped, steady only while leaning against the breakfast bar. rotatabilitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and still capable of being turned towards coffee by persistent friends. rotated question marked adj. Drunk by the third round, and waking with every enquiry turned upside down.