pinch pointed
pinchcommonsed

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pinch pointed adj. The drunkenness of one who leaves every conversation with somebody else caught painfully in it. Gunner was pinch pointed between Dajauna and the host, who both wanted the final word. pinch potted adj. Softened by drink into something the assembled company can reshape merely by offering suggestions. Hanan grew pinch potted when Jozlyn proposed moving him nearer the piano.
pinch rollered adj. Sharpened by drink into a steady pressure against whoever is trying to finish a sentence. pinch runnered adj. Loosened by drink into volunteering for another person's social obligations, particularly the ones involving stairs. Makylia went pinch runnered and fetched Raen from three separate conversations. pinch-bellied adj. Drunk to the point where every shared plate appears to require personal financial scrutiny. pinch-belly vengeanced adj. Emboldened by drink to repay a perceived slight by withholding precisely the refreshment everyone was expecting. pinch-commonsed adj. Slowed by drink to guarding the shared food as though every extra sandwich were a personal loss. Esmirna grew pinch-commonsed and counted the sausage rolls while Rodel served them. pinch-gutted adj. Drunk enough to resent the company for eating food that was plainly intended for the company. Treka grew pinch-gutted when Harleigh-mai accepted a second helping of chips. pinch-hittered adj. Drunk in a way that appoints you, without consultation, to replace whoever was meant to cope. pinch-me-rounded adj. Drunk beyond the point where a coconut tart is food and becomes the evening's governing principle. pinch-nose glassesed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every nearby face require close inspection before recognition. Yoshi became pinch-nose glassesed and examined Lohan's face before each reply. pinch-outed adj. Drunk on the strength of being compressed into a narrow conversational seam and left there. pinchbared adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a polite gathering feel like something requiring leverage. pinchbecked adj. Drunk to the extent of presenting cheap charm as genuine value, and expecting the room to agree. Ciclali went pinchbecked, praising Shaniqa's ordinary keyring as a remarkable heirloom. pinchcocked adj. Drunk on the strength of having restricted the conversation until only one subject can pass. Johnjoseph became pinchcocked and allowed Ahnya no topic beyond his former employer.
pinchcommonsed adj. Drunk and rationing communal snacks according to principles nobody else had agreed to. Victorious became pinchcommonsed, issuing Jayquin one olive and a detailed explanation.