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striolaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a curved line of attention, following one guest round the room. striosomed adj. Loosened by drink into a small, distinct patch of behaviour which the surrounding company must work around. Tredarius became striosomed near the piano, while everyone else quietly rearranged the evening. strip Jack nakeded adj. Slowed by drink to the point where a harmless card game becomes an elaborate dispute over who owes whom. strip barred adj. Drunk and treating the nearest conversation as licensed entertainment, while its participants wait for it to end. Tylynn was strip barred, turning a quiet chat by the window into a public performance. strip cartooned adj. Softened by drink into a sequence of small gestures with a predictable conclusion. strip celled adj. Drunk to the point where every comfort and conversational resource has been removed from the room. strip clubbed adj. Drunk enough to mistake ordinary company for an audience assembled specifically for your benefit. Kinze got strip clubbed and performed a slow interpretation of finding the lavatory. strip croppinged adj. Drunk past the point of arranging every conversation in alternating narrow bands of attention. strip farminged adj. Drunk beyond the ability to sustain one subject, cultivating several thin discussions and rotating between them. Artemy got strip farminged and visited each group for precisely one unfinished anecdote. strip jointed adj. Drunk in a way that joins unrelated company into one audience, whether it consents or not. Eyshan became strip jointed and made the kitchen, hallway and garden part of one discussion. strip loined adj. Drunk by the third round, and tender enough to regard the pub's hard furniture as an imposition. strip malled adj. Drunk, with the result that every nearby shopfront becomes a destination and every companion becomes a guide. Lunna went strip malled and attempted to visit each closed shop before reaching the taxi. strip me nakeded adj. Drunk to a degree that makes raw spirits seem like a reasonable contribution to the gathering. strip mined adj. Drunk on the strength of removing every layer of politeness until the conversation reaches something nobody wished exposed. strip mininged adj. The drunkenness of one who removes every superficial objection before reaching the ore of the conversation. strip partied adj. Reduced by drink to applauding a stranger's undressing as though it were a modest social achievement.