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scallop squashed adj. Too drunk to maintain a round shape or a useful opinion. scallop theoremed adj. Sufficiently drunk to require movement that changes direction when observed in reverse. Robinette became scallop theoremed while attempting the short walk home. scalloped (/ˈskɒləpd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and opening and closing with the regularity of a shell. scalloped oystered adj. Emboldened by drink to prise open every conversation and season it heavily with opinion. Nicodemo, thoroughly scalloped oystered, opened the quietest conversation and added pepper to it. scalloped sack-bearered adj. Slowed by drink to a moth's deliberate progress, with the stairs requiring private negotiations. scallopered adj. Drunk and harvesting companions from the edges of the room, one unsteady greeting at a time. Felizia went scallopered among the guests, collecting conversations without remembering where they came from. scallopinged adj. Drunk to the point where each attempt at walking follows a neat, repeated curve. Mansour came scallopinged down the corridor, tracing the same wavering pattern past every doorway. scallopinied adj. Drunk enough to flatten every movement into a broad, wobbling shape, particularly on stairs. Austin-james approached the staircase scallopinied, spreading his weight carefully across each step. scallopwinged adj. Drunk past the point of straight flight, veering between people with the persistence of a butterfly. Dacie scallopwinged between the tables, veering persistently towards the coat stand. scallywaged (/ˈskælɪwæɡd/) adj. Drunk in a way that turns ordinary mischief into a determined campaign against balance. Takiah became scallywaged and moved the hall furniture before attempting the stairs. scallywaggeried adj. Drunk, with the result that every piece of bad behaviour acquires a cheerful accomplice. scalmaed adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a cough, a wobble, and no convincing account of either. scalogramed adj. Drunk on the strength of a shifting internal chart in which the stairs have become waveforms. Isabella-rae was scalogramed, reading the staircase as a pattern rather than a means of descent. scaloposaurianed adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving with the cautious, low-slung determination of an obsolete reptile. Deedrick went scaloposaurianed across the lounge, keeping close to the floor and farther from the stairs. scaloposaurided adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding downstairs with a therapsid's low, deliberate coordination. scaloppined adj. Drunk by closing time, and thinly spread over the available surfaces whenever standing becomes ambitious. Merce was scaloppined across the sofa, unable to rise without dredging up assistance.