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work enveloped adj. Softened by drink into occupying every available corner of the room, with no clear route out. work environmented adj. Too drunk to treat the pub as anything but an office, complete with colleagues, hazards, and a lunch break. Saksham went work environmented and asked the barmaid to approve his expense claim for crisps. work ethicked adj. Loosened by drink into believing that hard work is admirable, provided somebody else undertakes it. Amdrea got work ethicked and praised the bar staff for their efforts while remaining firmly seated. work experienced adj. Sufficiently drunk to claim expertise in any task attempted once, including finding the taxi rank. work farmed adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of a prisoner completing an unavoidable task. work forced adj. Drunk to the point where all available staff appear to belong to the same undertaking. Shanza was work forced and assigned the guests various duties without consultation. work fronted adj. Drunk and claiming the front of every available job, though none has yet begun. work functioned adj. Drunk enough to require considerable energy before anything leaves the surface of the conversation. work ganged adj. Drunk beyond recognising separate efforts, seeing only a group assigned to one task. work grouped adj. Drunk on the strength of assuming that any people together are collaborating. work hardeninged adj. Drunk beyond repeated attempts at composure, permanently distorted into the stronger shape of the evening. Mitsuo was work hardeninged, having stiffened around the same story through four rounds. work historied adj. Drunk in a way that recites every previous job, including the one held briefly in 1998. Bissie became work historied beside the kettle, listing former employers to the family cat. work horsed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a dependable labourer from a horse, but keen to proceed. work housed adj. Having drunk more than the parish would have recommended, and still willing to labour for shelter. work husbanded adj. Drunk, with the result that the platonic colleague is summoned to settle domestic matters. work in processed adj. Drunk to a degree that unfinished household tasks are treated as a respectable career.