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screenied adj. Having drunk enough to reduce the evening to one small, portable image by morning. screening constanted adj. You have drunk enough to shield the morning's inner charge from every external enquiry. screening lengthed adj. You are drunk and require considerable distance before the background of the morning becomes recognisable. Khoa was screening lengthed, requiring considerable distance before the morning’s background became recognisable. screening roomed adj. Of a drinker: privately replaying the evening for a small audience of increasingly concerned witnesses. screening smoked adj. Of a drinker who has obscured the morning sufficiently to conceal both intentions and whereabouts. screeninged (/ˈskɹiːnɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk more than the morning can comfortably filter, with every explanation arriving through a mesh of omissions. Olusegun was screeninged over coffee, his account full of gaps but oddly well ventilated. screenlanded adj. Describing a drinker who has turned the morning-after account into a whole industry of excuses. Jerisha was screenlanded over coffee, producing a polished explanation for each unexplained absence. screenlessnessed adj. A drinker who has lost every protective layer between private regret and public observation. screenleted adj. A drinker so far gone that each morning-after task becomes a small application running independently. screenlifed adj. The state of being drunk and conducting the morning entirely through messages, calls and other interfaces. screenmanned adj. Drunk to the extent of sorting every conversation into coal and impurities, and removing the wrong people. Maxon got screenmanned and rejected the only useful suggestion of the evening as conversational dirt. screennamed adj. Drunk since last orders, and answering only to a chosen string of characters. screenoed (/ˈskɹiːnəʊd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every number displayed before you as an invitation to gamble. Dilmon got screenoed and marked numbers on the pub quiz sheet as though money were involved. screenoscoped adj. Still drunk, and enlarging every explanation until the room must rearrange itself to contain it. screenouted adj. Too drunk to admit anything unsuitable has been removed, including your own better judgement. Bryant got screenouted and confidently excluded the expert from the decision. screenphoned adj. Sufficiently drunk to believe a telephone screen grants authority over the entire internet. Celyne went screenphoned and attempted to settle the pub argument by browsing for evidence.