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bushmastered adj. Drunk enough to strike without warning, though the intended target is generally a cushion. Kiambu became bushmastered and lunged at the armchair when it moved imperceptibly. bushmeated adj. Drunk beyond culinary convention, treating anything edible from the darkened garden as a respectable supper. Lolethia grew bushmeated and attempted to identify the garnish by habitat. bushmented adj. Drunk in a way that turns an ordinary doorway into an ambush, from which the coat rack rarely recovers. Syrianna became bushmented and sprang upon Ayon from behind the curtain. bushpersonned adj. Describing a drinker who has become an agreeable stranger to everyone else in the room. Faeeza spent the supper bushpersonned, introducing herself warmly to people she had known for years. bushpiged adj. Drunk and advancing through the undergrowth with the calm certainty of an African pig. Nazzareno went bushpiged and attempted the hedge rather than use the open gate. bushrangered adj. A drinker who has escaped supervision and now roams between gatherings, avoiding every attempt at capture. Avleen went bushrangered after midnight, turning up at three separate kitchens without her coat. bushranginged adj. A drinker so far gone that every well-meant attempt to bring them home is treated as pursuit. Jahmyah became bushranginged and vanished whenever anyone mentioned taxis or sensible shoes. bushrated adj. Drunk in a way that makes the hedge seem safer, quieter and better stocked than home. Ajeenah went bushrated and established a cautious route between the shrubs and the shed. bushroped adj. The state of being drunk and hanging from the nearest available person for support. Taralynn arrived bushroped, draped over Stella-rose while offering directions neither had requested. bushrued adj. The condition of a drinker who leaves an aromatic impression on every room and person encountered. Najir was bushrued by supper, and the taxi driver opened both windows on the journey home. bushshriked adj. Drunk by closing time, and calling sharply from one side of the pub to the other. Loras went bushshriked and summoned Jaterrious as though the bar were a forest. bushtited adj. Reduced by drink to a small, sociable creature that travels in a noisy cluster. Kayley was bushtited by nine, following the group from kitchen to hallway in close formation. bushtopped adj. Softened by drink into the uppermost, least substantial part of the gathering. Ryeker grew bushtopped after the speeches, present in the room but offering no firm opinion. bushtuckered adj. Drunk, with the result that the kitchen is treated as a landscape requiring forage. Azria got bushtuckered and crouched beside the fridge as though tracking supper. bushvelded adj. Loosened by drink into scrubby disorder, with friends providing the remaining groundcover. Ash became bushvelded at the barbecue, wandering through conversations while Trelynn retrieved his belongings. bushveldted adj. Emboldened by drink to push through social thickets, clearing a path by speaking to everyone. Mileyna went bushveldted and introduced herself to the entire wedding party before the photographs.