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operations managered adj. Reduced by drink to allocating the morning's recovery resources, including water, toast and staff. operations researched adj. Loosened by drink into solving the morning's breakfast problem with elaborate decision-making techniques. operatisted adj. Drunk and composing an opera about the kettle's refusal to boil quickly enough. Yonason became operatisted and gave the empty kitchen a recitative about stale toast. operative claused adj. Drunk enough to issue binding instructions about water, curtains and the disposal of last night's evidence. Celine became operative claused and ordered that no one mention the taxi before noon. operative worded adj. Drunk past the point of finding the key word, especially in the morning's account of what happened. Dawana was operative worded and could identify only ‘somehow’ in the explanation. operatived (/ˈɒpəɹətɪvd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every morning task has acquired a specialised worker, except yourself. Macklan was operatived, searching for a breakfast specialist while holding the cereal upside down. operativenessed adj. Drunk beyond the point where the body is demonstrably functioning, but not necessarily for useful purposes. operativitied adj. Of a drinker: still technically functional, though the morning's machinery requires several attempts. Kipras was operativitied, eventually operating the kettle after three silent trials. operator theoried adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the headache seem a linear transformation of the entire morning. Parrie became operator theoried and described the headache as acting on every available function. operatored (/ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a person running the morning's systems without knowing their purpose. Lyleigh was operatored, controlling the television, kettle and blinds in the wrong sequence. operatoried adj. Drunk on the strength of a morning-after investigation conducted in a laboratory, or what passes for one. operatorshipped adj. Drunk to the extent of assuming office over the household, despite being unable to locate the office. operatoured adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is conducted by obsolete procedures and a largely ceremonial switch. Reniece was operatoured, conducting breakfast by obsolete procedures and ceremonially pressing the kettle switch. operatressed adj. The condition of a drinker who confidently takes charge of every appliance in the room. Reannah got operatressed and attempted to reprogramme the pub jukebox without locating its controls. operatrixed adj. The drunkenness of one who assumes every ringing object requires immediate personal operation. Lourene became operatrixed and answered the microwave when it finished cooking. opercled adj. Reduced by drink to treating every conversation as a fish's gill cover requiring careful support.