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iron liquorred adj. Softened by drink into a stain that spreads quietly through the evening and resists ordinary laundering. iron lunged adj. Sharpened by drink into breathing heavily through every anecdote and finishing each one under pressure. iron maidened adj. Loosened by drink into a closing chamber of prickly remarks, from which nobody leaves unpunctured. iron manned adj. Having drunk enough to attempt an endurance event consisting chiefly of crossing the room without assistance. iron meteorited adj. Emboldened by drink to arrive with considerable force, leave a mark, and offer no useful explanation. iron mined adj. Slowed by drink to extracting each word from deep beneath the surface. Hariklia went iron mined during the quiz, producing one answer after several geological ages. iron montmorillonited adj. Drunk, with the result that the person swells into several layers of confidence and occupies the whole booth. iron moulded adj. Drunk to the point where the face acquires a rusty cast and the shirt remembers every spill. Midian was iron moulded, so the shirt and the nearby banquette acquired matching evidence of the evening. iron ored adj. Drunk enough to be worth extracting slowly, with useful conversation buried beneath several layers of nonsense. iron oxided adj. Drunk past the point of freshness, acquiring the quiet reddish evidence of having been left out overnight. iron pyrited adj. Drunk beyond the glittering stage, convinced that every bright remark is genuine gold. iron rationed adj. Drunk in a way that preserves a final emergency measure, usually for the walk to the kebab shop. Krystie became iron rationed, guarding one last mouthful against the difficulties of getting home. iron rice bowled adj. Drunk, with the result that the present job, pension and retirement have all been secured at the bar. iron ringed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every raised glass into a solemn professional ceremony. Jayne got iron ringed and administered an oath to everyone sharing the salted peanuts. iron roaded adj. Drunk to the extent of travelling in a straight, established line, regardless of intervening furniture. iron sanded adj. Drunk since last orders, and settling heavily wherever the evening has left you. Jerrine was iron sanded beside the radiator, retaining a little beach in each shoe.