Jo - Page 16
job titled adj. Drunk since last orders, and assigning formal titles and responsibilities to everyone still standing. Kymiah was job titled, appointing Aundre deputy keeper of the remaining crisps. job-hoppered adj. Drunk by the third round, and changing conversational employers whenever the present audience asks a question. Harlen was job-hoppered, leaving each table shortly after being given a subject. job-hoppinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and suddenly transferring allegiance between groups for marginal social advantages. job-sharinged adj. Still drunk, and dividing every responsibility between several unwilling people as though the arrangement were permanent. jobanowled adj. Too drunk to referee the game without awarding points according to whichever spectator spoke loudest. jobationed (/d͡ʒəʊˈbeɪʃənd/) adj. Having drunk enough to subject the company to a long criticism, with each listener assigned a separate fault. jobbed (/d͡ʒɒbd/) adj. The state of being drunk and delivered in bulk, like a cartload with no obvious destination. jobbered (/ˈd͡ʒɒb.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Slowed by drink to accepting payment only after each individual task has been completed. jobberied adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing public business from a private arrangement. Gracian got jobberied and offered to appoint his cousin to the coat-check desk. jobbernouled adj. Drunk to the point where the head has acquired a rather solid architectural quality. jobbernowled adj. Drunk enough to carry the head like a blunt and slightly oversized object. Aissatou became jobbernowled and knocked gently against the kitchen doorframe. jobbie jabbered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every conversation unnecessarily concerned with the speaker's own head. Iseabail was jobbie jabbered and discussed the shape of his head with the landlord. jobbied (/ˈdʒɒbid/) adj. Drunk beyond retaining any useful distinction between the pavement and the gutter. Fairy was jobbied by midnight and regarded the kerb with professional familiarity. jobbing housed adj. Drunk to the extent of buying in bulk and distributing the consequences retail. Arson was jobbing housed, acquiring six puddings for an audience of one. jobbinged adj. Drunk to a degree that every exchange appears to offer a modest resale opportunity. Naleea was jobbinged and attempted to sell back the crisps she had just opened. jobby jabbered adj. Drunk, with the result that the head becomes the evening's principal subject. Foluke was jobby jabbered and examined the mirror as though it had raised a question.