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housemated adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating a stranger's furniture as shared domestic property. Clayborn became housemated and put his socks beside someone else's radiator. housemindered adj. Reduced by drink to entrust the keys to strangers, then inspect their method of looking after the place. Jameica was housemindered and showed the neighbours where the spare towels were kept. housemistressed adj. Softened by drink into addressing the entire gathering as pupils and assigning everyone a bedtime. Bella-rose was housemistressed by ten, confiscating glasses from guests she had only just met. housemothered (/haʊsˈmʌðə(ɹ)d/) adj. Sharpened by drink into mothering every person present, including those who had brought their own children. Arteen was housemothered, distributing coats and opinions to everyone in the hall. houseownered adj. Loosened by drink into treating borrowed rooms as personal property and rearranging their contents accordingly. Dafni became houseownered and moved the host's ornaments to improve the sightlines. housepaintered adj. Drunk enough to improve every wall in the room verbally, while making the decorators regret attending. Jeovany got housepaintered and diagnosed the sitting room's colour scheme at length. housepaintinged adj. Slowed by drink to regard one unfinished wall as an evening's entire undertaking. Dannon was housepaintinged and spent forty minutes choosing between two nearly identical creams. housepantsed adj. Drunk and declining every invitation to leave, on the grounds that proper trousers are unnecessary indoors. houseparented adj. Drunk to the point where every quarrel requires mediation and every guest requires locating. Gursimran was houseparented, separating two friends and sending both upstairs with water. housepersonned adj. Drunk enough to maintain the household for everyone present, despite having been invited merely for supper. Delyza became housepersonned and began clearing plates from a table she had not laid. housepeted adj. Drunk past the point of joining the conversation, content instead to be stroked by whoever sits nearby. Aileth was housepeted beneath the table while the remaining guests discussed the taxi. housephoned adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing private calls from public announcements, and routing every message through the room. Justina was housephoned, summoning the kitchen to answer a call meant for the study. housepiged adj. Drunk in a way that makes the sofa seem an acceptable pen and visitors willing keepers. houseplanted adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you decorative, indoors, and dependent on others to remember the water. Freyia was houseplanted on the windowsill while guests stepped round her with fresh glasses. houseposted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a fixed support for the room, attractively positioned and impossible to move. Willisha was houseposted beside the doorway, supporting coats and answering questions intermittently. houseprided adj. Drunk on the strength of being shown one tidy room, and prepared to defend its standards to visitors. Sherilynn was houseprided and inspected the skirting boards while the guests waited in the hall.