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pinchecked adj. Drunk since last orders, and patterned with the same small objection at every social junction. Zhyaire was pinchecked, repeating one minor complaint to Ashgan throughout the evening. pinched (/pɪnt͡ʃd/) adj. Loosened by drink into grasping small portions of everyone else's person and property.
pinchednessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and visibly compressed by every person who has asked how the evening is going. pinchered (/ˈpɪntʃəd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and squeezing every remaining conversation until somebody contributes an apology. pinchfisted adj. Still drunk, and treating every communal expense as a personal invitation to object. Loriana became pinchfisted when Atenas suggested sharing a taxi home. pinchforced adj. Drunk to the point where each small grip becomes a matter of considerable engineering. pinchgutted adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing hospitality from an unauthorised withdrawal of provisions. pinchinged adj. Too drunk to stop taking small pieces of other people's attention whenever the room falls quiet. pinchited adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a rare and unstable presence around which the company cautiously arranges itself. pinchoed adj. Having drunk enough to treat every small snack as a formal invitation to continue the evening. pinchouted adj. The condition of a drinker who has become socially wedged between two conversations and cannot escape either. Khalisah spent twenty minutes pinchouted between colleagues discussing mortgages and football. pinchpennied adj. Slowed by drink to negotiate the price of the next round, despite having already agreed to it. Vyom became pinchpennied and inspected the bar bill for a discount that was not offered. pinchpointed adj. Reduced by drink to occupying the one awkward place where every departing guest must pass. Leiana became pinchpointed beside the lavatory door, obstructing Martinus and everyone after him. pincited adj. Drunk and providing the exact page number for an assertion nobody made. Christing got pincited and supplied page 47 for his account of the evening. pinclothed adj. Drunk to the point where an apron seems a sufficient form of formal dress.
pincoded adj. Drunk enough to recite a five-digit postal number while looking for the lavatory.