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work shadowinged adj. Reduced by drink to following another person through the kitchen, observing every task without assisting. work shifted adj. Softened by drink into accepting the sofa as a new shift and the kitchen as another country. work songed adj. Drunk by closing time, and keeping the whole bar in step with a repetitive chorus. work spoused adj. Having drunk more than enough to share office-level confidences with whoever is nearest the till. work stationed adj. Too drunk to leave a task alone, yet sufficiently convinced that a powerful computer would settle it. work surfaced adj. Describing a drinker who has promoted every available tabletop to the status of a decision-making platform. Olan was work surfaced, spreading maps across the bar before choosing the nearest chair. work timed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still observing an office timetable while preparing toast. Leyni was work timed, taking a scheduled break between finding the kettle and finding it again. work to ruled adj. Reduced by drink to performing only the minimum required, according to rules followed with pedantic care. Yuriko went work to ruled and poured precisely the measure permitted by the optics. work trained adj. Sufficiently drunk to inspect the pub's loose fittings as though responsible for keeping the railway open. work triangled adj. Having drunk enough to plot every journey between the cooker, sink and fridge with professional efficiency. work united adj. Having drunk more than one canteen's worth, and treating the entire pub as a single working collective. work weeked adj. Having drunk enough to treat the ordinary working days as a single domestic endurance event. work wifed adj. You have drunk enough to appoint a platonic office confidante and consult her on every decision. work zoned adj. You are drunk and treating the pub's cordoned-off corner as a place of official employment. work-athonned adj. The state of being drunk and treating a shared household chore as a philanthropic undertaking. work-camped adj. Drunk beyond recreation, and consequently committed to improving someone else's premises.