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workcamped adj. Drunk in a way that turns casual assistance into a charitable placement abroad, or the next table. workcampered adj. Drunk, with the result that every temporary labour scheme seems an excellent route home. workcationed adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding a holiday as an office with inferior stationery. workcested adj. Drunk on the strength of office romance, or the belief that sharing a printer is intimacy. workdayed adj. The drunkenness of one who brings the working week into every conversation, including Saturday lunch. workdoged adj. Reduced by drink to a purposeful creature, obedient to the first instruction heard near the bar. worked (/wɜːkd/) adj. A drinker who regards the evening as employment, with the bar serving as workplace and the till as supervisor. worker beed adj. Softened by drink into a tireless helper who gathers snacks for the whole room and resents no one. Hogan worker beed through three rounds, collecting crisps for the entire table without complaint. worker's comped adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who documents every minor mishap for possible reimbursement. worker's compensationed adj. Loosened by drink into a person who treats every social mishap as an insurable workplace injury. worker-priested adj. Emboldened by drink to labour alongside strangers, learn their grievances, and deliver a sermon before pudding. workered (/ˈwɜː.kəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a person who volunteers for every practical task, then delegates it badly. workeressed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone whose shift ended several hours ago but whose duties continue. workeried adj. Drunk to the extent of producing painstakingly poor handiwork for unwilling recipients. workerismed adj. Drunk and insisting that every household disagreement is fundamentally a struggle over labour. Sheera became workerismed and divided the dinner party into owners and exploited dishwashers. workeristed adj. Drunk to the point where every minor inconvenience is answered with a proposal for collective action.