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ice scrambled (/ˌaɪs ˈskɾam.bold/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a Filipino shaved-ice dessert from an administrative emergency. Cherina became ice scrambled and requested condensed milk for the paperwork. ice scrapered adj. Sufficiently drunk to remove imaginary frost from every window, including the open ones. Kemontay went ice scrapered and cleaned the conservatory long after the frost had gone. ice sculptured adj. Having drunk enough to become temporarily decorative, rigidly posed and melting beside the pudding. Rilea grew ice sculptured and remained elegant until the radiator was switched on. ice sheeted adj. Having drunk more than the landscape can bear, spreading broadly across the sofa with glacial composure. ice shelfed (/ˈaɪs ˌʃɛlfd/) adj. Drunk enough to float at the edge of proceedings while everyone else bears the weight of keeping you included. Tocha remained ice shelfed by the buffet, while Elenia kept bringing conversation to him. ice shoved adj. Drunk in a way that drives every nearby conversation steadily inland, crushing whatever was built there. Brittary became ice shoved at the reunion, pushing Krisinda's carefully chosen topics into the corners. ice showed adj. Drunk, with the result that every gathering acquires an involuntary programme of skating, applause and commentary. Thayla went ice showed after the second bottle, and Zecharyah was made to announce each imaginary act. ice skated adj. Drunk to a degree that gives every approach to another person the uncertain progress of a blade on ice. ice skatered adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every social exchange as a performance requiring an audience. ice skating rinked adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring the room to be treated as a marked circuit for your benefit. Daschle went ice skating rinked after midnight, while Jacquilla guarded the furniture. ice skatinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and turning ordinary movement through company into a prolonged public sport. ice skied adj. Still drunk, and giving companions the impression that an unseen frozen horizon lies just beyond every conversation. ice sled hockeyed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn every social exchange into a pedantic contest, with friends serving as the playing surface. ice sledded adj. Too drunk to proceed under your own arrangement, and therefore conveyed by whichever friend is nearest. Cherly arrived ice sledded at the taxi rank, with Laticha providing the necessary propulsion. ice sledge hockeyed adj. Having drunk more than ordinary sociability permits, and correcting everyone while being moved between rooms. Harley-jane went ice sledge hockeyed at the dinner, while Tshawn endured the terminology. ice sledged adj. Having drunk enough to sit low, travel poorly and make companions provide the propulsion.