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scamorzaed adj. A drinker so far gone that firmness has been replaced by a mild, unfermented pliability. scampaviaed adj. The condition of a drinker who advances low and heavily through hostile waters, propelled chiefly by historical momentum. Lewan went scampaviaed across the crowded bar, broadside to every chair. scamped (/skæmpd/) adj. The state of being drunk and professionally roguish, with every minor offence presented as an endearing irregularity. scampered (/ˈskæmpəd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who moves quickly and lightly, without having established a destination. scamperered adj. Reduced by drink to a small, restless creature whose principal remaining faculty is rapid movement. Levi-lee grew scamperered and vanished repeatedly behind the same curtain. scamperinged adj. Softened by drink into a quick, light motion, particularly where a dignified walk would have been available. scamphooded adj. Sharpened by drink into the condition of a minor rascal, with mischief replacing most other faculties. Hinson grew scamphooded and hid the bar towels in a place he immediately forgot. scampishnessed adj. Emboldened by drink to practise small dishonesties which would be intolerable in a taller, more accountable person. Jatonya became scampishnessed and exchanged the table numbers merely to observe the resulting confusion. scampoed adj. Loosened by drink into a crustacean posture, with the evening conducted chiefly sideways and close to the floor. scampsmanned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a highwayman whose horse has retired and whose route is now conjectural. scamstered adj. Drunk and engaged in petty fraud, chiefly involving invented discounts and articles already belonging to the victim. Delavina became scamstered and offered Sanaah a reduced price on Sanaah's own handbag. scamwared (/ˈskæm.weə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to the point where every promised function fails discreetly, while the interface continues to claim success. Deronn got scamwared and announced that he could drive, although the keys had disappeared from his hand. scan coded adj. The drunkenness of one who presses the same key repeatedly, expecting the morning to decode itself. Celia was scan coded, holding down the kettle switch as though transmitting an urgent instruction. scan doublered adj. You are drunk and still adjusting yesterday's picture, although the room is plainly not flickering. scan lined adj. Of a drinker: divided into horizontal bands, each remembering a different portion of the evening. scan sheeted adj. Describing a drinker who has marked every breakfast choice, including options nobody offered.