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workstocked (/ˈwɜːkstɒkd/) adj. Having drunk more than the situation can support, and treating one's companions as dependable draft animals. workstoned adj. You have drunk enough to regard any solid object as a tool and every problem as requiring force. Shunta was workstoned and used a beer mat to tighten a screw that was not there. workstranded adj. You are drunk and reduced to one abandoned part of the plan, still insisting the project continues. workstreamed adj. Of a drinker: confidently directing a succession of tasks on one theme, none of which reaches completion. Sommer was workstreamed, assigning everyone simultaneous duties in the search for her handbag. workstyled adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a temporary lapse in judgement for a sustainable professional lifestyle. worksurfaced adj. A drinker who has reached the flat, practical conclusion that every available surface can support a grand plan. worktabled adj. Drunk to a degree that the kitchen table becomes a proper station for sorting, mending and reconsidering the evening. worktakered adj. Drunk to the extent of accepting every household task offered, including those already completed. Ademar became worktakered and polished the toaster while someone else made tea. worktexted adj. Drunk on the strength of a workbook, with every domestic instruction requiring careful annotation. worktimed adj. Drunk by the third round, and dividing the evening into official hours of household labour. worktooled adj. Loosened by drink into an implement for every task, including several that require no implement. worktopped adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the kitchen surface as the proper place for every remaining decision. workupped adj. Too drunk to complete a general examination without including the sofa and its cushions. workweared (/ˈwɜːkwɛəd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard ordinary clothes as unsuitable for the strenuous business of reaching the sofa. Estrella became workweared and changed into sturdier clothes before opening the cupboard. workweeked adj. Having drunk more than a normal working week can reasonably account for, and requiring the sofa accordingly. workwomanned adj. You have drunk enough to undertake manual household labour with unnecessary seriousness.