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bug in one's bonneted adj. Drunk on the strength of one persistent notion, which is now being presented to every table. Afsa got bug in one's bonneted about the dartboard and raised it with strangers. bug juiced adj. Drunk since last orders, and mistaking brightly coloured cordial for a sound basis for further enterprise. Maymunah got bug juiced and ordered camp refreshments for the entire snug. bug outed adj. Drunk by the third round, and making a rapid retreat whenever anyone mentions settling up. Aadesh went bug outed when the bill arrived, disappearing behind the fruit machine. bug screened adj. Still drunk, and separated from the outside world by a mesh of misplaced confidence. bug scrubbed adj. Too drunk to discuss an unresolved problem without creating several more beside it. bug shoed adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a hard protective edge between the self and ordinary consequences. Christlyn got bug shoed and approached the kerb as though it were a hostile hull. bug sprayed adj. Having drunk enough to address household pests with the broad, indiscriminate confidence of a bar-room expert. Cherrilyn became bug sprayed and offered insecticide advice to the woman in the next booth. bug stormed adj. Having drunk more than the atmosphere can comfortably contain, arriving everywhere in a noisy swarm. Zailie got bug stormed and crossed the pub in a cloud of gesturing limbs. bug up one's assed adj. You are drunk and persistently aggrieved about one subject, preferably one nobody else recalls raising. Tou got bug up one's assed about the bar's tap sequence and would not let it rest. bug zappered adj. Of a drinker: attracted to every bright distraction, then briefly overcome by it. Terressa went bug zappered and lurched towards each illuminated sign in turn. bug-a-booed (/ˈbʌɡəbuːd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the nocturnal apparition from a coat on a chair. Natallie, bug-a-booed, addressed the coat as an ancient spirit before requesting its taxi. bug-beared adj. Describing a drinker who has converted one persistent difficulty into the principal business of the evening. Shantasha was bug-beared and returned repeatedly to the injustice of the missing coaster. bug-chasered adj. Drunk, with the result that other people's misfortune appears worth pursuing professionally. Hinckley became bug-chasered and began pricing the wallets of sleeping guests. bug-chasinged adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the evening an ill-advised and needlessly literal objective. Kenari got bug-chasinged and announced a programme of personal risk to the empty fireplace. bug-eyed monstered adj. Drunk on the strength of which every extraterrestrial becomes a plausible companion for the last drink. Jaquinta was bug-eyed monstered and invited the television alien to join the party. bug-huntered adj. Drunk since last orders, and consequently worth watching by anyone who still has a wallet. Milah was bug-huntered and began taking an inventory of unattended coats.