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big red buttonned adj. The drunkenness of one who has spent the morning looking for the conspicuous control that will undo last night. Evie-willow was big red buttonned, inspecting every appliance for a reset mechanism. big red switched adj. Reduced by drink to treating the morning-after headache as a large, clearly marked emergency. Brishti was big red switched, reaching for the nearest button whenever anyone spoke. big rigged adj. Softened by drink into a large vehicle attempting the narrow manoeuvre from bed to breakfast. Abdulla came downstairs big rigged, requiring both walls and a considerate handrail. big ringed adj. Sharpened by drink into circling the same morning-after point, never quite reaching the centre. Monice was big ringed, making three careful circuits of the kitchen before finding the mug. big room housed adj. Loosened by drink into a bass-heavy emptiness in which breakfast arrives as a distant drop. Filiz was big room housed, waiting through long silences for the kettle to produce a kick. big roomed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the subdued morning-after kitchen as a festival venue. big sagebrushed adj. Slowed by drink to the dry, aromatic patience of a desert shrub awaiting better conditions. Evanjelina sat big sagebrushed beside the window, conserving movement until the headache passed. big schooled adj. Drunk and returned to secondary-school habits: silent at breakfast, untidy, and hoping nobody asks. Kendallyn arrived big schooled, carrying yesterday's uniform and avoiding the assembled adults. big scienced adj. Drunk to the point where a small social decision requires scale, funding and an audience of specialists. Mira went big scienced and sought unanimous approval before ordering chips. big screened adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's full reality is best received at cinema scale, from a safe distance. Jahkai was big screened, watching the kettle's progress as though it were a feature film. big shopped adj. You have drunk enough to treat the largest shop on the high street as a personal promotion. Mykesha went big shopped and attempted to reorganise the largest shop's tills. big shotted adj. You are drunk and have begun issuing instructions as though importance were conferred by volume. Chardonay got big shotted and directed three strangers towards a taxi rank. big showed adj. Describing a drinker who mistakes the pub for the largest performance in the circus. Moe went big showed and announced each entrance from behind the curtains. big sistered adj. A drinker who has assumed an older sibling's authority over people who have not requested it. Charmica got big sistered and confiscated Merci's crisps for her own good. big sixed adj. A drinker so far gone that a single favourable roll seems a sound basis for every decision. Eleuterio went big sixed and wagered his coat on getting home before midnight. big sleeped adj. The state of being drunk and certain that lying down has become a permanent arrangement. Dysen was big sleeped by half ten and left his shoes beside the sofa.