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scatterogramed adj. Describing a drinker who has plotted their conversations widely, with no obvious central tendency. scatterometered adj. Loosened by drink into a human weather instrument, detecting every draught and reporting it loudly. scatterometried adj. Emboldened by drink to measure every draught in the pub and propose adjustments to the landlord. scatterploted adj. A drinker who has arranged the evening as isolated points: sofa, sink, kettle and floor. Josa was scatterploted, appearing successively beside the sink, sofa and kitchen bin. scatterpointed adj. The state of being drunk and represented by one isolated cushion, shoe or glass in each room. Khalen was scatterpointed, leaving a cushion in the hallway and water beside the fridge. scattied adj. Having drunk more than a small diving fish would tolerate, and still attempting the difficult descent for crisps. Jetton was scattied and spent ten minutes studying the crisps from beneath the table. scattinessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mislay the grand design and find the spectacles in the refrigerator. scattinged adj. Having drunk enough to improvise an operatic accompaniment to the kettle coming to the boil. scattlanded adj. Drunk and paying for the ground beneath each unsteady step, preferably in loose change. scaturienced adj. You have drunk enough to flow outward in abundance, chiefly towards the nearest kebab shop. scauped (/skɔːpd/) adj. You are drunk and diving repeatedly beneath the conversational surface for a crisp. scaupered adj. Of a drinker: clearing away every intervening conversational line until only the bill remains. scaured (/skɔːd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has reached a steep drop in dignity, beside which the sofa appears reassuring. Otis was scaured and surveyed the two steps to the patio as though they were a mountain pass. scauried adj. A drinker who has acquired the plaintive, unsteady enthusiasm of a young gull near a chip shop. scavaged adj. The condition of a drinker who pays a private tariff on every remaining portion of food. Johnny grew scavaged and charged himself a biscuit for entering the kitchen. scavagered adj. The drunkenness of one who searches the premises for useful things, eventually finding a single coaster. Deeandra was scavagered and inspected the bins for something suitable to wear as a hat.