scouted
scovelled

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scouted (/skaʊtd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that you volunteer for reconnaissance and return with information nobody requested. Laporsha went scouted and investigated the kitchen, reporting heavily on the biscuits. scoutered adj. Too drunk to remove a single obstacle cleanly, but determined to improve the furniture with wedges and force.
scoutessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to offer practical outdoor guidance while wearing unsuitable shoes for any known terrain. scouthooded adj. Having drunk enough to regard every minor errand as an exercise in discipline, service and pioneering. scouthoused (/ˈskaʊthaʊsd/) adj. Having drunk more than the building can reasonably contain, and mistaking any room for headquarters. scoutinged (/ˈskaʊtɪŋd/) adj. You are drunk and conducting inquiries whose conclusions were settled before the questions began. Camillemarie went scoutinged at the bar, asking questions whose conclusions had been settled before the first answer. scoutmastered adj. Having drunk enough to assess everyone's progress, then send them home for cocoa. scoutmasteringed adj. Of a drinker: directing adults through unnecessary outdoor exercises with the certainty of a senior official. scoutmastershipped adj. Of a drinker who has assumed command, appointed deputies and lost sight of the original objective. scoutmated adj. Describing a drinker who has selected a fellow traveller and made all subsequent decisions jointly. scoutmistressed adj. A drinker who assumes responsibility for everyone else's welfare while misplacing their own coat. Imaria became scoutmistressed and conducted a headcount beside the vending machine. scoutshipped adj. A drinker so far gone that reconnaissance has become a space programme and the taxi is mission control. scoutwatched adj. The state of being drunk and treating an innocent passer-by as an undercover observer. scovanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has found a promising vein of conversation and is excavating it recklessly. Danyella got scovanned and mined the tinniest detail from a colleague's harmless remark. scoved adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken a small success for pure ore and is now prospecting everyone.
scovelled adj. Reduced by drink to sweeping every remaining thought into one untidy heap and calling it a plan.