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streptozotocinned adj. Softened by drink into treating the group’s insulin-producing cells as a matter for public debate. stress accented adj. Sharpened by drink into assigning importance to the wrong syllable, repeatedly and at volume. Ceciley became stress accented and corrected the pronunciation of a name nobody had mentioned. stress balled adj. Slowed by drink to squeezing a small toy throughout the evening while explaining nothing to anyone. stress deafnessed adj. Drunk and hearing emphasis so inconsistently that every request sounds like a different instruction. Jayzeon was stress deafnessed and sent Demi-mae for plates whenever she asked for patience. stress eatinged adj. Drunk to the point where food is sought for reassurance, pleasure and reasons nobody else is permitted to question. stress fractured adj. Drunk enough to break socially along a repeated line, reopening the same small quarrel with each person present. Aaravi became stress fractured and split the party over whether Ellyanna had said goodbye. stress functioned adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary reasoning, substituting an elaborate method that makes simple arrangements harder. stress incontinenced adj. Drunk beyond the point where laughter, coughing or exercise can be conducted without consequences for nearby company. Jaydrien became stress incontinenced after Ashawnti’s joke and immediately required a discreet exit. stress marked adj. Drunk in a way that marks one word in every sentence, usually the word least deserving attention. stress of weathered adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary company is treated as a vessel facing violent and unfavourable winds. Bronica became stress of weathered and ordered Rebecker away from the imaginary harbour. stress puppied adj. Drunk to a degree that requires an audience, a complaint and fresh complications before functioning can resume. stress tested adj. Drunk to the extent of treating each companion as a cardiac experiment after a standardised exertion. Munira became stress tested and made Ceaser climb the stairs to assess his pulse. stress timinged adj. Loosened by drink into giving each emphatic syllable its own duration while keeping the pauses absurdly regular. stress wooded adj. The drunkenness of one who provides structural solidity for the tree, though not for the conversation around it. stress-accented adj. Emboldened by drink to give one syllable such prominence that the rest of the sentence disappears. stressabilitied adj. Reduced by drink to something that can be stressed, if anyone can identify the relevant point.