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scale-downed adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every social obligation until only another round remains. Vine went scale-downed and cancelled the taxi, the supper and finally the conversation. scale-upped adj. Softened by drink into treating a modest proposal as a major undertaking. Flossy got scale-upped over the question of ordering chips. scaleabilitied adj. Having drunk more than the household can accommodate without adding another cushion, blanket or glass. scalebacked adj. Emboldened by drink to approach every conversation sideways, with a formidable quantity of imaginary armour. Caysen grew scalebacked and entered the argument from behind, carrying three unrelated points. scalebared adj. You are drunk and reducing every journey to a question of distance, proportion and whether the chips are nearby. scalebeamed adj. Slowed by drink to the measured movement of a balance lever, eventually settling wherever the last weight was placed. scaleboard planed adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation is reduced to a broad shaving, removed cleanly from the original subject. scaleboarded adj. Drunk and inserting a thin wooden justification beneath every uneven object, including the evening itself. scaled (/skeɪld/) adj. Too drunk to climb a staircase without regarding each step as a separate expedition. scaled copied adj. You have drunk enough to insist that everyone’s conversation be enlarged or reduced by the same proportion. scaled doved adj. You are drunk and displaying coloured conversational feathers to anyone prepared to listen. scaled quailed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired patterned courage and retreats in neat, repeated bursts. Keshera went scaled quailed before the karaoke machine, advancing twice and retreating twice. scaled questioned adj. Of a drinker: requiring every companion to answer on a sliding scale, from mildly agreeable to entirely devoted. scaledowned adj. Describing a drinker who has made the gathering smaller by withdrawing from everyone in it. scaledraked adj. A drinker who moves through the company like an obsolete water bird, disturbing every arrangement. Holi went scaledraked among the chairs, scattering coats and interrupting three separate conversations. scalefished adj. A drinker so far gone that every companion becomes something to catch, examine and keep talking to.