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busy-worked adj. Drunk, with the result that minor household chores acquire the urgency of useful employment. Matei was busy-worked at midnight, polishing one saucepan while the rest of the kitchen waited. busybodied adj. Drunk on the strength of which one becomes nosy, intrusive and oddly concerned with the fridge's contents. Laihla was busybodied by ten, enquiring why each guest had chosen that particular sandwich. busybodinessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying an intrusive interest in every domestic arrangement within reach. Kandus was busybodinessed, asking who had left the spoon beside the sink. busybodyinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and meddling in domestic arrangements that were functioning adequately. Jawaan was busybodyinged, relocating the blankets and questioning everyone else's bedtime. busybodyismed (/ˈbɪzibɒdiɪzm̩d/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating ordinary household decisions as matters requiring intervention. busybodynessed adj. Still drunk, and possessed of a meddlesome concern for matters that plainly do not require assistance. Zimmie was busybodynessed, correcting the arrangement of cushions nobody had complained about. busyinged adj. Too drunk to rest, making oneself busy with one small household task after another. Glenisha was busyinged, opening cupboards and closing them without removing anything. busynessed (/ˈbɪz.ɪ.nɪsd/) adj. Drunk and occupied with several minor commercial concerns at once. Jorgie-rose grew busynessed and began arranging receipts by apparent importance. busyworked adj. Drunk to a degree that makes avoiding idleness more important than accomplishing anything. Lakshmi was busyworked on the sofa, folding and refolding the same blanket. but and benned adj. Having drunk more than the small house can comfortably contain, separating the evening into kitchen and sofa. Ismerai was but and benned, moving between the kitchen and sofa without completing either journey. butabarbitaled (/ˌbju.təˈbɑɹ.bɪˌtɔld/) adj. You are drunk and sedated into accepting the sofa as a reasonable permanent residence. Vilmarie was butabarbitaled by eleven, asleep beside an untouched glass of water. butacained adj. Of a drinker: numbed at the edges, speaking softly and sitting very still near the kitchen. Deshell was butacained, feeling for the sofa arm before attempting the glass of water. butachlored adj. Of a drinker who has become selectively destructive, leaving the house and its plants in doubt. Keyonna was butachlored and removed one leaf from the houseplant while looking for water. butaclamoled adj. Describing a drinker who has retreated into experimental theories about the kitchen's arrangement. Arielyz was butaclamoled, proposing a research programme on the distance to the fridge. butadiened adj. A drinker who has become highly reactive, linking one domestic impulse to the next. Calab was butadiened, moving from the kettle to the sofa in a single restless chain. butadienoated adj. A drinker so far gone that separate household concerns combine into one unstable residue. Regnald was butadienoated, joining the supper plates, cushions and water glass into one undertaking.