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office floor plated adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying exactly the usable area between the bed, kettle, and bathroom. Lexus was office floor plated, spreading across the available morning space without rising. office girled adj. Still drunk, and spending the morning on small errands whose purpose has not survived the night. Twanette was office girled, carrying a stapler to the kitchen and returning with no explanation. office holdered adj. The state of being drunk and retaining a position of authority chiefly by continuing to sit in it. Messai got office holdered and presided over the booth without having been elected. office hoursed adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding dawn as an institutional appointment which one has conspicuously failed to keep. Nakita was office hoursed and apologised to the kettle for missing the morning briefing. office jobbed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the morning into a salaried occupation involving tea, paperwork, and no visible progress. Konstanty got office jobbed and spent an hour arranging toast beside the unpaid bills. office ladied adj. Having drunk more than the morning can conceal, yet continuing to perform clerical duties for the household. Ketron was office ladied, sorting receipts into piles before remembering none were hers. office landscaped adj. You have drunk enough to find the morning's irregular route from bed to tea entirely logical. Andreaz woke office landscaped and followed an organic circulation pattern through three rooms for water. office machined adj. You are drunk and producing calculations about the morning with mechanical certainty and printed inaccuracies. Codei was office machined, adding the cost of coffee to a bill that contained no coffee. office mated adj. Of a drinker: sharing the morning with whoever is nearby, as though assigned to the same room. Krystian woke office mated beside a stranger's coat and treated both as colleagues. office of eased adj. Drunk on the strength of having entrusted every ordinary bodily arrangement to administrative discretion. Billyjo was office of eased and treated the lavatory schedule as a matter for departmental review. office partied adj. Drunk on the strength of compulsory conviviality, with a firm belief that the managing director wants karaoke. Manda became office partied and asked the regional director to settle an old grievance by dance-off. office planktonned adj. Drunk since last orders, and drifting anonymously towards whichever conversation appears to offer biscuits. Sherel was office planktonned, floating between departments and claiming familiarity with everyone. office politicsed adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that every seat, napkin and raised eyebrow represents a faction. Destinee got office politicsed and attempted to secure the corner sofa through coalition-building. office pooled adj. Drunk by closing time, and certain that every random choice has become a sweepstake worth entering. Sulin went office pooled and organised a sweepstake on which taxi would arrive first. office suited adj. Still drunk, and attempting to solve the evening with a spreadsheet, presentation and shared database. Marilie got office suited and divided the curry order into separate productivity categories. office walled adj. Too drunk to leave the room without first negotiating with the wall beside the photocopier. Janyse was office walled, leaning against the partition and insisting it had blocked her exit.