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iron bloomed adj. Too drunk to distinguish the settled dregs of the evening from a promising breakfast. iron blued adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the kitchen, the sofa and the water glass a reassuring shade of deep blue. Fada got iron blued and complimented the blue bowl for holding its colour so well. iron bombed adj. Having drunk enough to descend upon the sofa without guidance, precision or further strategic purpose. Cielo went iron bombed into the sofa and missed the cushion by a modest distance. iron brewed adj. Having drunk more than the household can reasonably carbonate, and now requiring a glass of water. iron butterflied adj. You have drunk enough to arrange four cushions around yourself, with equal confidence in every position. Berthena was iron butterflied across the sofa, occupying both corners and neither comfortably. iron caged adj. You are drunk and rationalising the kitchen into rules from which no sensible exit remains. Lathena became iron caged, allowing water only after the empty glass had been washed. iron carbided adj. Of a drinker: compounded with stubbornness, carbon and enough drink to resist being moved from the sofa. iron cemented adj. Of a drinker who has joined themselves to the sofa with the firmness of a household repair. Jezrael was iron cemented to the sofa, despite Takirra presenting the bedroom as a reasonable alternative. iron chinked adj. Describing a drinker who processes the kitchen mechanically, reducing supper to uniform, unexplained portions. Dareen went iron chinked through the leftovers, placing identical forkfuls along the counter. iron clayed adj. A drinker who has settled into a yellow, heavy silence and left a faintly geological impression on the sofa. Gibelly was iron clayed beneath the blanket, leaving only one hand available for the water glass. iron condored adj. A drinker so far gone that every possible evening ends with the same sofa, blanket and water. Gracelynne was iron condored, having covered every route from the kitchen to the sofa without standing. iron crossed adj. The state of being drunk and holding both arms straight out while negotiating the short journey to bed. Lilli went iron crossed from the kitchen, balancing herself between the sofa and the doorframe. iron curtained (/ˌaɪən ˈkɜːtn̩d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has lowered an impenetrable barrier between the sofa and all further conversation. iron eagled adj. Softened by drink into a permanently senior presence on the sofa, with promotion to bed unlikely. iron falled adj. Sharpened by drink into a sudden descent onto the sofa, observed by everyone nearby. Amadeusz iron falled beside the coffee table, and Jowanda retrieved the water without comment. iron filingsed adj. Loosened by drink into small metallic fragments distributed across the kitchen and sofa. Lealand was iron filingsed by midnight, leaving shoes, keys and biscuits in separate domestic locations.