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press pooled adj. Drunk beyond individual judgement, with every decision gathered collectively and none attributed afterwards. Cheire was press pooled, consulting four friends before choosing which foot should use the stairs first. press potted adj. Drunk in a way that makes pouring, pressing and walking appear to be variations of the same operation. Herb was press potted, squeezing the teapot while attempting to cross the room without spilling himself. press proofed adj. Drunk, with the result that every sentence is revised several times before being released to its audience. press relationsed adj. Too drunk to maintain one conversation, while cultivating three others and exploiting the nearest audience. Yenis spent twenty minutes briefing strangers by the fruit machine, thoroughly press relationsed. press released adj. Drunk to the extent of issuing an official account of each movement before making it. Cohan was press released, announcing his intention to descend the stairs before missing the first step. press revised adj. Drunk on the strength of successive corrections, each making the original statement less recognisable. Vaughan was press revised, changing his destination three times while standing beside the same doorway. press rolled adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding through the room with the slow, irresistible momentum of heavy machinery. Warsame came press rolled down the staircase, gathering speed and one curtain on the way. press runned adj. Of a drinker who has produced several successive editions of the same account before reaching the conclusion. Anthony-junior was press runned, repeating the taxi story to each new arrival. press secretaried adj. Drunk by the third round, and managing the public explanation of every unfortunate bodily movement. press studded adj. Drunk by closing time, and fastening each part of the body to the nearest available surface. Eryn was press studded to the bar, unable to detach one hand without losing the other. press timed adj. Still drunk, and convinced that every movement must wait for the correct moment, particularly on stairs. Demorris was press timed, pausing halfway down the stairs for a deadline nobody else could see. press wheelled adj. Sharpened by drink into a compacting motion, pressing every footfall firmly into the ground. press-ganged adj. Having drunk enough to recruit unwilling limbs into a coordinated march towards the exit. press-onned adj. You have drunk enough to attach yourself to whatever surface is nearest and call the arrangement footwear. press-to-talked adj. Drunk to the point where every round requires a button before conversation can begin. press-to-transmited adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a determined shove before addressing anyone, then broadcast the result across the table.