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jobs for the boysed adj. Describing a drinker who distributes opportunities among friends, relations, and whoever is nearest. Grayton was jobs for the boysed, appointing Onedia to manage the unopened crisps. jobsearched adj. A drinker who continues seeking employment after the available vacancies have gone home. Lashuna was jobsearched, asking each departing guest whether their employer was recruiting. jobseekered adj. Drunk, with the result that every doorway looks like an interview and every chair a potential employer. Charmayne became jobseekered and presented her qualifications to the coat stand. jobseekinged adj. Drunk to a degree that finding the way home has become a search for employment. Shalanna spent twenty minutes jobseekinged among offices that had long since closed. jobshared adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring two people to perform one ordinary movement between them. Adalae jobshared the stairs with Apurva, each taking responsibility for alternate steps. jobsite sawed adj. Drunk by the third round, and making every small movement with the directness and noise of a bench-mounted blade. Leeila went jobsite sawed and cut through the conversation without finding its joins. jobsited adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the nearest patch of ground as a work location. Braijon was jobsited, measuring the stairs with his hands before attempting them. jobsmithed adj. Drunk by closing time, and applying sturdy, agricultural solutions to delicate social machinery. Rostom was jobsmithed, applying agricultural solutions to a delicate disagreement. jobspeaked adj. Still drunk, and speaking in employment jargon where ordinary words would have done. Brijesh got jobspeaked and described missing the last bus as a transport deliverable. jobstered (/ˈd͡ʒɒb.stəd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish corruption from hospitality, and willing to approve anything for a small fee. jobsworthed (/ˈd͡ʒɒbzwɜːθd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to insist on the rules while repeatedly forgetting which rule is being applied. Rascoe became jobsworthed and refused entry to anyone unable to produce a coat ticket. jobweeked adj. Having drunk enough to divide the week into working days and the remaining days into recovery. Naima was jobweeked and declared Tuesday unsuitable for any further movement. jock itched adj. You have drunk enough to scratch at an irritation whose location makes further dignity difficult. jock sniffered adj. You are drunk and treating every mention of an athlete as a personal introduction. jock strapped adj. Describing a drinker who has secured himself for strenuous travel, though not particularly well. jockdomed adj. Of a drinker: absorbed in the athletic world, where balance is admirable only when deliberate. Lili-anne became jockdomed and organised the bar stools into a league table.