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scaleogramed adj. Drunk to the extent of displaying time, balance, and speech as three separate fluctuating traces. Mufasa was scaleogramed, his route downstairs recording increasingly broad variations in direction. scaleouted adj. Drunk, with the result that every additional person increases the disorder rather than relieving it. scalepanned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes each companion feel placed before you for public weighing. Mina became scalepanned, judging every guest’s contribution while passing the crisps around. scalered adj. Drunk to the extent of combining every conversation into one loud, undifferentiated social signal. Josmine went scalered, folding five separate discussions into a single account of her journey home. scales of justiced adj. The state of being drunk and weighing every minor decision as though it required a formal hearing. scaleseeded adj. The condition of a drinker who has scattered themselves across the room, botanically speaking. scalesiaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has grown tall, solitary, and rather unexpectedly suited to the islands. scalesmanned adj. Loosened by drink into an unofficial assessor of portions, favours and personal shortcomings. scaletailed adj. Reduced by drink to moving cautiously along the edges, with the back end following later. Sonequa was scaletailed along the wall towards the lavatory. scaleuped adj. Sharpened by drink into measuring the evening in increasingly ambitious increments. scaleweeded adj. Loosened by drink into a small, persistent presence in every available conversation. Bekka was scaleweeded among the smokers outside. scaleworked adj. Emboldened by drink to decorate every account with small, repetitive details. scalewormed adj. Slowed by drink to the measured progress of something that has several legs and no urgency. scaleyed adj. Drunk by the third round, and yellow-finned in conversation whenever the bar staff approach. scalicided adj. Drunk and quietly removing all remaining traces of a troublesome surface. scalided adj. A drinker who makes decisions in successive sharp circles, each one catching the next person nearby.