busted piloted
bustoed

B - Page 1653

busted piloted adj. Drunk by the third round, and left with a morning project that never developed beyond its first episode. busted valised adj. Drunk by closing time, and waking with the finances of a traveller whose luggage has outlasted their money.
busteed adj. Drunk enough to regard the bus stop as a complete neighbourhood, with its own customs and disputes. Janetlee was busteed and introduced the bus shelter as though it were a long-established community. buster collared adj. Loosened by drink into treating every protective restraint as an invitation to proceed regardless. Uniqueka went buster collared and removed the dog’s recovery collar before supper. bustered adj. Sharpened by drink into breaking what was sound, with confidence that the pieces will improve matters. Armonte got bustered and dismantled the neighbour’s gate to improve the view. bustheaded adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake homemade firewater for expertise and give everyone technical advice. Chavez got bustheaded and attempted to improve the landlord’s heating system. busticked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a Caribbean tree, while insisting the route remains efficient. Kyair became busticked and took twelve minutes to cross the hallway. bustiered (/ˈbuːstiɚd/) adj. Drunk and dressing for a more formal occasion than the evening has provided. Mohamadou arrived bustiered at the village quiz and treated it as a gala. bustinessed adj. Drunk to the point where every ordinary garment seems insufficiently authoritative. Delanta became bustinessed and rejected three respectable outfits as lacking presence. bustinged (/ˈbʌstɪŋd/) adj. Drunk enough to regard breaking through every obstacle as the obvious administrative solution. Osmary got bustinged and tried to enter through a wall rather than use the door. bustitutioned (/ˈbʌst.ɪ.tjuː.ʃənd/) adj. Drunk past the point of checking whether the replacement service actually travels anywhere useful. Kanyae went bustitutioned and boarded the first bus displaying a vaguely familiar destination. bustled (/ˈbʌsəld/) adj. Drunk beyond mistaking frantic movement for progress, and assigning every task immediate priority. bustlered adj. Drunk in a way that turns energetic interference into a personal management philosophy. Lakira got bustlered and began directing strangers towards tables they had not chosen. bustlined adj. Drunk, with the result that an imaginary boundary becomes the evening’s principal measuring instrument. Ziomara went bustlined and judged every chair against an invented horizontal standard. bustlinged adj. Drunk to a degree that busy movement is mistaken for evidence of a successful plan. Yanira got bustlinged and spent an hour preparing a departure nobody had proposed.
bustoed (/ˈbʌstəʊd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of delivering a formal portrait of oneself to people who requested neither. Tauriel became bustoed and posed solemnly beside the coat rack.