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playboured adj. Drunk and treating every domestic task as entertainment, provided it can be postponed comfortably. Ayrin was playboured and made a game of moving one mug halfway towards the kitchen. playboxed adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa is used for storage and every cushion becomes a toy. Marie-laure was playboxed and put the remote, slippers and water glass into the same cushion hollow. playboyed (/ˈpleɪbɔɪd/) adj. Drunk enough to pursue leisure without commitments, responsibilities or any intention of clearing the table. playboyismed adj. Drunk past the point of responsibility, with leisure treated as a sufficient domestic principle. playbrokered adj. Drunk beyond negotiating the purchase of a play, and now brokering theatrical roles among the household. playbrokinged adj. Drunk in a way that turns the procurement of drama into serious business beside the draining board. Achante was playbrokinged and negotiated a full production while waiting for the glass to fill. playbused adj. Drunk, with the result that the living room becomes a mobile nursery of games, lessons and misplaced cups. Lidya was playbused and conducted educational activities for the cushions until bedtime. playcallinged adj. Drunk to the extent of communicating elaborate instructions for a journey from sofa to sink. Raniqua was playcallinged and gave Demaria a detailed plan for retrieving the water jug. playcared adj. Drunk on the strength of turning the sofa into a loosely supervised nursery and calling it a schedule. playcarted adj. Drunk since last orders, and pushing a toy cart through the kitchen as though supplies were urgently required. Arkeshia was playcarted and delivered the empty glasses to the sofa one by one. playcentered adj. Drunk by the third round, and converting the living room into a children's centre without admitting anyone. playcentred adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the house as a children's centre whose final activity is lying down. Abas was playcentred and opened the sofa to games, snacks and an unscheduled nap. playceptioned adj. Still drunk, and staging a play within the evening while the sofa supplies the second stage. playclothesed adj. Too drunk to change for bed, and therefore dressed for leisure wherever the sofa happens to be. Swastik was playclothesed and went to sleep on the sofa in yesterday's comfortable clothes. playcounted adj. Sufficiently drunk to count each journey to the kitchen as though it were a separately played track. playdated (/pleɪ.deɪtd/) adj. Slowed by drink to require parental negotiation before inviting a pub acquaintance round for games. Beran became playdated and asked whether Dangela's mum had cleared the visit.