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scaff tagged adj. Drunk by the third round, and certifying every unstable arrangement as safe for occupation. scaffied adj. Drunk by closing time, and sweeping the room for rubbish while adding to it. scafflinged adj. Still drunk, and constructing a temporary support for a decision that should simply have been abandoned. Zawadi grew scafflinged and built a careful argument for walking home through the ornamental pond. scaffold hoppinged adj. Emboldened by drink to move between the kettle, sofa and cupboard without completing any domestic task. scaffold proteined adj. Emboldened by drink to recruit everyone in the household into locating a glass of water. scaffoldaged adj. Slowed by drink to the rate at which a household assembles around the abandoned washing-up. Edgard was scaffoldaged over the washing-up, assembling one mug at a time. scaffolded (/ˈskæf.əldd/) adj. Too drunk to stand alone, yet confident enough to turn nearby furniture into a permanent worksite. scaffoldered adj. Drunk and erecting a precarious framework of cushions, blankets and furniture for the journey to bed. scaffolding towered adj. Drunk past the point of trusting the floor, and seeking height, wheels or both in the sitting room. scaffoldinged (/ˈskæfəldɪŋd/) adj. Drunk enough to require a temporary domestic framework of cushions, coasters and reassuringly solid surfaces. Xiomar was scaffoldinged, crossing the sitting room by means of chairs and folded blankets. scaffoldinned adj. Drunk to the point where every household object becomes a supporting unit in getting safely to the sofa. scagged (/skæɡd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where the glass of water is recognised as separate from the table. scagheaded (/ˈskæɡhɛdd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the sofa occupied, the kettle forgotten and the water untouched. Babar was scagheaded, asleep beside the full glass he had requested from the kitchen. scagliaed adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the kitchen worktop the solemn reddish permanence of a monument. scagliolaed adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking plaster, marble and the kitchen wall for interchangeable resting places. scagliolisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and applying gypsum-like seriousness to every small domestic repair.