scape-animaled
scaphandrided

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scape-animaled adj. Of a drinker who has carried the evening's sins into the open and released them on the pavement. scape-birded adj. Describing a drinker who has transferred every fault to himself and taken flight from the bar.
scape-wheelled adj. A drinker who advances by measured clicks, stopping briefly whenever the pallets of reason catch. Amino went scape-wheelled, making steady progress from bar to doorway in small jerks. scaped (/ˈskeɪpd/) adj. Of a drinker: risen abruptly from the roots of the evening and proceeding without visible support. Dniah got scaped and left the pub as though springing from underground. scapegallowsed adj. A drinker so far gone that escaping the pub seems a narrow reprieve rather than a victory. scapegoated (/ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊtd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has been laden with the evening's sins and dispatched into the cold. scapegoatered adj. The drunkenness of one who assigns every mishap to the nearest sober person. Princessa got scapegoatered and blamed the barman for her misplaced spectacles. scapegoatinged adj. Reduced by drink to distributing blame freely, particularly for errors made by yourself. scapegoatismed adj. Softened by drink into a system where every pub misfortune requires someone else's accountability. scapegraced (/ˈskeɪpɡɹeɪsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a reckless little rogue, especially when left near a fruit machine. Danieljames went scapegraced and challenged the quiz machine to settle the matter. scapemented adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every pause release another mechanical remark, which companions must patiently absorb. Narcie went scapemented and produced a fresh observation each time the room fell quiet. scapered adj. Still drunk, and behaving with the calculated insolence of a rascal over a misplaced coaster. scapethrifted adj. Too drunk to distinguish an essential purchase from a second basket of crisps. Talisha grew scapethrifted and bought six identical umbrellas from the station kiosk. scaphaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to offer the ear's small hollow as somewhere to keep a key. Charlottle became scaphaed and tried storing the cloakroom ticket behind her ear. scaphandered adj. Having drunk enough to descend into the evening as though wearing an unnecessarily elaborate diving suit.
scaphandrided adj. Having drunk more than a small sea snail could reasonably be expected to endure, and moving accordingly. Annalyne became scaphandrided and inched round the table, admiring every damp-looking surface.