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pressure bandaged adj. Emboldened by drink to wrap every difficulty tightly, thereby reducing its visible swelling without curing it. pressure bombed adj. Drunk to a degree that everything has been held under compression since the first round, and release is now a matter of when. pressure cabinned adj. Having drunk enough to wake sealed indoors, maintaining a private atmosphere while the outside world becomes unsuitable. Kamaliyah was pressure cabinned by breakfast, communicating only through the bedroom door. pressure cannered adj. You are drunk and keeping several unfinished conversations sealed until someone opens the wrong one. Shalease became pressure cannered, preserving every grievance for the taxi journey. pressure cooker bombed adj. Of a drinker: liable to detonate at breakfast when the sealed contents of the evening are disturbed. Elius was pressure cooker bombed, and the harmless question about taxis proved ill-timed. pressure cookered adj. You have drunk enough to have spent the night sealed, overheated and unable to reduce anything gently. Louvada emerged pressure cookered, treating toast as a controlled release of steam. pressure cuffed adj. Of a drinker who has woken with the morning compressing the forearm and every other recollection. Raxton was pressure cuffed, rubbing his arm while trying to identify the unfamiliar receipt. pressure gauged adj. Describing a drinker who measures the morning by the distance between each cautious sip. pressure gradient forced adj. Drunk to the extent of moving, without apparent decision, from wherever the atmosphere is high towards wherever it is low. Medea drifted pressure gradient forced from the kitchen to the garden, pulled by the slight drop in noise. pressure gradiented adj. A drinker who decreases steadily in confidence from the front door to the sofa. pressure grouped adj. The state of being drunk and organised around a single grievance before breakfast has properly begun. pressure hulled adj. Of a drinker who has withdrawn behind a conversational shell while insisting everything inside remains perfectly normal. Shaliese became pressure hulled and answered every question through the closed taxi window. pressure injuried adj. The drunkenness of one who has spent too long in one position and now bears the morning's imprint. pressure of speeched adj. Describing a drinker who delivers rapid, intense remarks until the surrounding company quietly disperses. pressure padded adj. Softened by drink into requiring cushioning wherever the night has left a persistent point of contact. Ivannia became pressure padded, requiring cushioning wherever the night had left contact with the barstool. pressure pointed adj. Sharpened by drink into identifying one exact tender spot in every recollection of the evening.