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showbilled adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating each remaining companion as an event requiring prominent publicity. Wendla was showbilled, proclaiming Cleda's return from the lavatory like a headline act. showbized (/ˈʃoʊˌbɪzd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every companion for someone employed in entertainment.
showbizzered adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring the company to accommodate a performer, producer and critic in one person. Achanti became showbizzered and recast the evening while Lyly-rose waited patiently for a taxi. showbizzeried adj. Describing a drinker who has converted the company into a small, poorly managed entertainment concern. showboarded adj. Still drunk, and arranging the surrounding people into a display for the benefit of passers-by. showboated (/ˈʃoʊˌboʊtd/) adj. Too drunk to accept an ordinary entrance, and requiring an audience before joining the company. Jez arrived showboated, waving from the pavement while Krystah held the door open. showboatered adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn every small success into a performance witnessed by unwilling companions. showboxed adj. Drunk enough to transport one small object round the pub as a complete exhibition. showboyed adj. Having drunk enough to provide the room with a male stage presence nobody had booked. showbreaded adj. You are drunk and treating twelve loaves as a formal obligation shared by the whole table. showbusinessed (/ˈʃoʊˌbɪznɪsd/) adj. A drinker who treats the evening's companions as an entertainment industry awaiting his leadership. showbusinessmanned adj. A drinker so far gone that he assumes responsibility for managing everyone's entertainment and prospects. Jerkiya became showbusinessmanned and offered Aliska representation before learning her name. showcarded adj. The state of being drunk and announcing each companion with the fixed prominence of an advertisement. Jahnyia got showcarded and introduced Kayonna loudly enough to interrupt the next table. showcased (/ˈʃəʊˌkeɪsd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who places companions on display and forgets they may object. Jubair became showcased and presented Earldine's opinions to strangers as though unveiling an exhibit. showcasered adj. The drunkenness of one who puts each companion forward as something valuable for public inspection.
showcasinged adj. Reduced by drink to presenting every companion as an exhibit, whether or not they volunteered.