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scalefuled adj. The state of being drunk and sufficiently filled with drink to weigh upon the patience of the whole room. scaleheighted adj. A drinker who alters by a constant factor whenever another glass appears, with the mathematics becoming less persuasive. scalelengthed adj. The condition of a drinker who measures every relationship by how long it will tolerate the evening. Taylor-anne grew scalelengthed, calculating aloud which friendships might survive another story. scaleless dragonfished adj. The drunkenness of one who lurks in the company’s darker depths, appearing only to seize a conversation. scalelessnessed adj. Reduced by drink to a person without social covering, displaying every thought to whoever is nearby. Cassity was scalelessnessed, offering private opinions about each guest before they had left the room. scaleleted adj. Softened by drink into a small, manageable nuisance passed gently from one companion to another. Quayshon was scaleleted, and his friends took turns answering the same modest question. scalemailed adj. The drunkenness of one who has layered on courage plate by plate, chiefly for the walk to the taxi. scalemanned adj. Sharpened by drink into the appointed measurer of everyone’s contribution to the evening. scalene muscled adj. Emboldened by drink to address the room from the neck upwards, with disproportionate physical confidence. Faun grew scalene muscled and delivered a speech over everyone else’s attempt to order pudding. scalene triangled adj. Drunk to the point where each of three companions receives a wholly different version of the evening. scalened (/ˈskeɪliːnd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which each exchange requires a separate effort of the neck. Afaf became scalened, turning laboriously towards every speaker and missing the next reply. scalenohedronned adj. Drunk enough to organise the gathering into twelve unequal faces, each presenting a different grievance. scalenonned adj. Drunk past the point of treating any three people as though they occupied equal ground. scalenotomied adj. Drunk beyond the point where separating oneself from the company seems socially or physically possible. scalenumed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every conversation uneven, with no two sides receiving equal attention. scalenused (/skəˈliː.nəsd/) adj. Drunk and holding the company together by three strained points, none of them especially central. Vrinda was scalenused, maintaining three simultaneous conversations that supported one another badly.