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bus routed adj. Sharpened by drink into following one fixed course home, regardless of diversions or invitations. Lucyna got bus routed and declined the pub, the shortcut and every road except the mapped one. bus sheltered adj. Loosened by drink into waiting under cover long after the bus, the weather and the plan have departed. Cedrik became bus sheltered and remained beneath the sign after the final service had gone. bus standed adj. Too drunk to distinguish the terminus from the place where passengers are actually admitted. Adelys remained bus standed beside the depot, explaining that boarding was a matter for elsewhere. bus stationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every gathering as a transfer point, and oneself as the principal route. Koden became bus stationed, directing strangers between conversations with considerable administrative confidence. bus stop chicaned adj. Having drunk more than enough to negotiate a straight conversation by two successive deviations and a brief return. Julayne was bus stop chicaned, reaching the bar only after two elaborate conversational manoeuvres. bus stopped adj. Having drunk enough to become a public convenience at which acquaintances may alight or embark. Ellesia was bus stopped near the piano, allowing friends to leave the conversation in orderly succession. bus topologied adj. You have drunk enough to connect every person present to one conversational line, with no private route remaining. Merced became bus topologied and attached each anecdote to the same increasingly weary audience. bus trapped adj. You are drunk and permitting passage only to vehicles of the officially approved width. Yanna was bus trapped outside the pub, waving smaller cars away from an entirely imaginary gate. bus-holdered adj. Of a drinker: retaining the last opinion expressed, despite all subsequent evidence and considerable drink. Amythyst remained bus-holdered, repeating the evening's first judgement long after its subject had left. bus-keepered adj. Of a drinker who has retained one stale thought as though the circuit had no alternative supply. Ciann was bus-keepered, maintaining the same conclusion through dinner and the taxi home. bus-stop flighted adj. A drinker who treats a short journey between nearby pubs as scheduled commercial aviation. Jovanta was bus-stop flighted and announced the taxi as a regular short-haul service. busaaed adj. Having drunk enough to regard the kitchen's grain products as evidence of a further round. Tinzley went busaaed and searched the cupboard for a drink among the flour and cereal. busbared adj. The state of being drunk and conducting a large current of liquor with industrial solemnity. Saviah was busbared by ten, carrying stout through the evening with impressive electrical purpose. busbayned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a seasoned mixture, thickened by spirits and difficult to separate. Ramzi was busbayned, a seasoned compound of ale, gravy and misplaced confidence. busbied (/ˈbʌz.bid/) adj. Softened by drink into a fur-hatted military ornament, plume first and practical purpose discontinued. Tracia was busbied, standing to attention in a borrowed hat with its plume slightly compromised. busboyed adj. Reduced by drink to clearing plates, wiping tables and accepting no distinction between finished and ongoing meals. Kinslea was busboyed and cleared the remaining plates before anyone had formally concluded dinner.