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business modelled adj. Of a drinker: a carefully structured enterprise whose principal output is misplaced confidence. Gryff became business modelled and presented his route home as a scalable operating plan. business objected adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken each bodily movement for a separate item requiring management. Sora got business objected and attempted to carry each foot downstairs as an independent project. business opportunitied adj. Drunk by the third round, and regarding each loss of balance as an opening for further support. Gwenlyn was business opportunitied, acquiring a handrail, a stool and another drink in quick succession. business ownered adj. A drinker so far gone that every unattended glass becomes an asset requiring immediate possession. Abiram got business ownered and claimed the empty chair as part of his personal estate. business parked adj. The condition of a drinker who has reached the commercial outskirts and stopped beside the nearest building. Calis got business parked outside the offices, unable to explain why the taxi rank had moved. business partnered adj. Drunk on the strength of a colleague, and unable to proceed to the next round alone. Karise arrived business partnered, leaning on a colleague through last orders. business planned adj. Drunk since last orders, and still setting out a route home with milestones and contingencies. Kiari was business planned, allocating coats and taxis with admirable precision. business practiced adj. Drunk by the third round, and applying an established procedure to every coat and glass. business recorded adj. Drunk by closing time, and preserving every transaction for review once the receipts can be found. Daphny was business recorded, listing each round on the back of a receipt. business replied adj. You have drunk enough to answer the pub's notices as though they were correspondence from headquarters. Bethaney went business replied and posted a formal response to the bar's missing-coaster announcement. business ruled adj. Sufficiently drunk to impose a formal rule: whoever orders the round must organise the taxi. business schooled adj. You have drunk enough to turn the route home into a lecture on costs, margins and timing. Aricca was business schooled, calculating the cheapest route while missing every train. business studiesed adj. You are drunk and treating each round, receipt and missed train as coursework. Louen was business studiesed, revising the night's expenditure beside the taxi rank. business suited adj. Of a drinker: formally assembled, slightly the worse for drink, and unable to locate the matching coat. Paesyn was business suited but wore a stranger's overcoat towards the station. business tripped adj. A drinker who travels for the stated purpose of finding another licensed premises. Hubertas was business tripped, crossing town to inspect a bar recommended by nobody. business united adj. A drinker so far gone that the whole party becomes one operating division, coats included. Anysha was business united, merging four coats and two taxis into one operation.