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bee hummingbirded adj. Drunk in a way that makes you very small, very busy, and impossible to locate among the dishes. Hanin was bee hummingbirded, flitting between the sink and the kettle without washing either. bee in one's bonneted adj. Drunk, with the result that one domestic concern occupies the whole evening and cannot be removed. Jeyli was bee in one's bonneted about the single mug left beside the sofa. bee loused adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you wingless, attached to the nearest cushion, and feeding parasitically on snacks. bee mothed adj. Drunk to the extent of finding the kitchen light irresistible and the cupboard difficult to leave. Raqual was bee mothed, circling the lit kitchen and opening the same cupboard repeatedly. bee mothered adj. Drunk on the strength of being in charge of the household, while accomplishing very little of it. Kailani was bee mothered, issuing instructions about mugs from the sofa. bee orchided adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying a delicate domestic appearance unsupported by the surrounding conditions. Averil was bee orchided, upright among the washing-up but plainly past cultivation. bee pirated adj. Still drunk, and conducting raids on the kitchen for provisions that nobody had offered. Mialani was bee pirated, plundering the fridge between cautious visits to the sofa. bee purpled adj. Too drunk to distinguish the violet end of the spectrum from the colour of the kitchen curtains. Amahle was bee purpled and insisted the glass of water had changed colour. bee saged adj. Sufficiently drunk to offer white-sage wisdom about the washing-up, the sofa, and tomorrow's water. Kamica was bee saged, counselling the kitchen bin on matters of domestic balance. bee smokered adj. Having drunk enough to make smoke, steam, or kettle vapour seem a reasonable way of managing the kitchen. Yonni was bee smokered, waving a tea towel at the kettle as if calming insects. bee stinged adj. Having drunk more than the household can absorb, and wincing at every encounter with the kitchen furniture. Zachary was bee stinged, taking the corner of the coffee table personally. bee treed adj. You are drunk and settled somewhere above ordinary domestic reach, usually in the sofa's highest corner. Cleopatra was bee treed, perched on the sofa back beside an untouched glass of water. bee up one's assed adj. Of a drinker: possessed by one domestic irritation that keeps returning whenever the glass is lifted. Keyonne was bee up one's assed about the sofa cushion being turned the wrong way. bee vacuumed adj. Of a drinker who has gathered every stray crumb, coaster, and loose object into one confused domestic orbit. Moselle had bee vacuumed the kitchen, collecting coasters beneath the sofa. bee violeted adj. Describing a drinker who has become visible only to the household's least reliable senses. Cyrilla was bee violeted, unmistakable to the cat but absent from the kitchen conversation. bee wined adj. A drinker who has fermented the evening at home and now requires sugar, yeast, and a quiet sofa. Christyann was bee wined, explaining the kitchen's fermentation prospects to the empty fruit bowl.