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rush-bearinged adj. Drunk to the extent of turning the morning clean-up into a small, solemn ceremony of strewing and carrying. rush-jobbed adj. Drunk and carrying out every morning task under pressure, though nobody can identify the pressure. Jodee was rush-jobbed before coffee, packing the same charger into three different bags. rushaholicked adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning-after urgency persists despite nobody having asked for speed. rushbearered adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning's household objects appear ready for ceremonial carrying. rushbearinged adj. Drunk on the strength of yesterday's celebration, with the morning reduced to ceremonial sweeping and quiet recovery. rushbirded adj. Drunk since last orders, and now making small, nervous movements among the breakfast things. Quantel was rushbirded, darting between the kettle and the sink without completing either task. rushbucklered adj. Drunk by the third round, and still faintly bullying the morning despite having lost an argument with the duvet. rushdowned adj. Reduced by drink to charge every conversation at speed, mistaking interruption for tactical success. rushed (/ɹʌʃd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become hollow, upright and faintly marsh-bound by morning. rushed behinded adj. Softened by drink into awarding yourself a point whenever your argument goes through the wrong opening. Stphanie was rushed behinded after her argument passed through the wrong kitchen doorway. rusheed adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every invitation as an audition you have already won. Romari arrived rusheed and selected a society before anyone had explained its membership rules. rushered adj. Loosened by drink into rushing forward wherever a decision appears insufficiently considered. rushfoiled adj. Emboldened by drink to thrust through obstacles with the confidence of a plant forcing its way towards light. Zyere was rushfoiled and pushed the locked door until a committee formed behind him. rushinessed adj. Slowed by drink to regard every wet, reed-like patch of ground as a suitable place to proceed. rushinged (/ˈɹʌʃɪŋd/) adj. Drunk and surging from one decision to the next before anyone has finished objecting. Fardin went rushinged and ordered three taxis while still asking where the party was. rushingnessed adj. Drunk to the point where every pause feels like an administrative error requiring immediate movement.