R - Page 978
rough justiced adj. Drunk, with the result that fairness is administered informally and without much evidence. rough lemonned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes sourness seem like a reasonable personal quality. Mays grew rough lemonned and found the tonic unnecessarily optimistic. rough musicked adj. A drinker so far gone that the staircase receives a saucepan concert expressing strong displeasure. rough patched adj. The state of being drunk and negotiating a difficult stretch of floor as though it were a life crisis. rough pumped adj. The condition of a drinker who removes pressure from the evening only by repeatedly revisiting the stairs. Racio went rough pumped near midnight, descending in short, deliberate stages. rough rided adj. The drunkenness of one who travels down stairs as though the vehicle has abandoned smooth motion. rough ridered adj. Reduced by drink to a journey that fails to travel smoothly, particularly between adjacent floors. Koleby was rough ridered between floors, making the stairs a decidedly uneven journey. rough service lighted adj. Softened by drink into a portable emergency lamp, glowing faintly beside the stairs. rough sharked adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, angular predator that circles the staircase rather than climbing it. Lakeska went rough sharked around the stairwell, making tight and unnecessary circuits. rough slanted adj. Loosened by drink into a sheltering structure whose occupants cannot agree which way is level. rough sleddinged adj. Emboldened by drink to treat a difficult staircase as a sporting descent. Jaydaliz went rough sleddinged down three stairs and celebrated reaching the carpet. rough sleepered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone making an outdoor bed wherever the stairs permit. rough stringed adj. Drunk and mistaking the staircase's supporting timbers for a sequence of handrails. Randilee was rough stringed, gripping each stair support in turn and missing the next step. rough stuffed adj. Drunk to the point where every stair appears thickly coated, unfinished, and resistant to the foot. rough talked adj. Drunk enough to make the stairs a conversational partner and deliver a lengthy, coarse opinion. rough traded adj. Drunk beyond the point where exchanging one handrail for another seems an unreasonable bargain.