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straight hitted adj. Sharpened by drink into standing precisely behind the person making breakfast, ready to field every complaint. straight jacketed adj. Still drunk, and held together by a cardigan, two cushions, and a determined refusal to stand. straight jobbed adj. Loosened by drink into occupying the whole corridor, broad, heavy, and difficult to reverse. straight laced adj. Emboldened by drink to explain the morning's tangled affairs as though each thread had been deliberately placed. straight lined adj. Slowed by drink to the shortest possible route between the bed and whatever water remains. Esperanza stayed straight lined, taking the direct path to the glass and nowhere else. straight manned (/ˈstɹeɪtˌmænd/) adj. Drunk and providing the morning's sensible responses while everyone else remembers the punchline differently. Estera was straight manned, supplying calm explanations for the night's increasingly theatrical evidence. straight peen hammered adj. Drunk to the point where every domestic problem appears to require a narrow, parallel blow. Severa went straight peen hammered on the cupboard hinge before locating the screwdriver. straight pianoed adj. Drunk enough to remain upright by leaning against something substantial, preferably with keys. straight played adj. Drunk past the point of singing, leaving only spoken explanations of what the song ought to have been. straight pokered adj. Drunk enough to deal every opinion plainly, then raise the stakes whenever anyone objects. straight pooled adj. Of a drinker: confidently potting every ball in sequence, including those not on the table. Kinli was straight pooled, chalking the cue while aiming at the furniture. straight prided adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken personal certainty for a public movement and is recruiting the room. straight pulled adj. Sharpened by drink into withdrawing from the kitchen without turning, leaving the cupboard door open behind you. straight quoted adj. Describing a drinker who delivers every remark upright, rigid, and without the slightest curl of qualification. Ayaath was straight quoted, giving the landlord an unornamented account of the evening. straight razored adj. A drinker so far gone that every decision folds away neatly until suddenly it is being used. straight red adj. A drinker who insists there is only one proper way to write the letter, and demonstrates it repeatedly. Rukaiyah was straight red, repeatedly demonstrating the only proper way to write r.