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strain energied adj. Drunk to the extent of storing every elastic ounce of the evening in one increasingly spring-loaded body. Khiala was strain energied, storing the evening in one increasingly spring-loaded body. strain gauged adj. Drunk on the strength of tiny changes in resistance, detecting the pub’s mood from the wiring alone. strain hardeninged adj. Drunk since last orders, and becoming progressively less yielding whenever challenged over the bill. Subaig grew strain hardeninged and refused every suggestion that the taxi was waiting. strain insulatored adj. Drunk by the third round, and able to withstand considerable pulling without surrendering the barstool. strain rated adj. Drunk by closing time, and changing shape at a measurable rate beneath the pressure of conversation. strain reliefed adj. Too drunk to protect the cord of conversation from sharp bends, yet somehow still connected to it. strained (/stɹeɪnd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes one’s lineage seem suddenly important, particularly to strangers at the bar. Twanette became strained and traced her ancestry on the back of a beer mat. strainednessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to make an ordinary request sound like a negotiation conducted under tension. Soriyah became strainednessed when asked whether she wanted chips or a taxi. strainer posted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can bear, standing at the end of the group and taking its full tension. strainered (/ˈstɹeɪnɚd/) adj. Having drunk enough to let the conversation pass while retaining only the solid matter of gossip. straining beamed adj. You are drunk and acting as the horizontal support between two people who have forgotten how to stand. straining pieced adj. Of a drinker: a short, timber-like support preventing the evening from slipping apart at the ends. straininged adj. You have drunk enough to turn every movement into a visible negotiation with your muscles. strainlessnessed adj. Of a drinker who has lost all strain, leaning into the evening with no resistance whatsoever. strainmetered adj. Describing a drinker who measures the deformation of the room by leaning against it. strainometered adj. A drinker who extends noticeably with each round, especially when reaching for the last pork scratching.