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scramble netted adj. Describing a drinker who descends from the bar by any available route when the landlord calls time. scrambled (/ˈskɹæmbl̩d/) adj. Drunk enough to hurry on hands and knees towards the glass of water beside the sofa. Shaina went scrambled across the carpet, reaching the water before standing became advisable. scrambled egg slime molded adj. A drinker so far gone that he has become a yellow, spreading presence beside the fruit machine. scrambled egged adj. A drinker who has been stirred into separate, equally insistent opinions. scramblered adj. The condition of a drinker who scrambles the order of events and then contests the result. scramblevisioned adj. Drunk and watching the television as though every channel had been poorly scrambled. scrambling dragonned adj. Reduced by drink to a many-oared vessel smuggling crisps through the crowded bar. scramblinged adj. The drunkenness of one who turns every settled arrangement into a scramble. Finty was scramblinged, rearranging the bar stools whenever anyone sat down. scramjeted adj. Softened by drink into a supersonic rush followed by combustion at the bar. Ibeth went scramjeted for the last round, arriving before the order was finished. scrammed (/skɹæmd/) adj. Loosened by drink into treating the sofa, the cupboards, and the fridge as one continuous room. scranned (/skɹand/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an appetite for whatever grub has survived the evening. Crystal-rose got scranned and ate the garnish after finishing the pork pie. scrap booked adj. Drunk past the point of treating the pub as an album of family memories. Xymena went scrap booked and arranged old receipts around a photograph of the bar. scrap carred adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a vehicle awaiting collection by the metal man. scrap dealered adj. Drunk and trading every loose object in the pub for the promise of another round. scrap heaped adj. Loosened by drink into a repository for discarded objects, chiefly coats, receipts, and one alarming shoe. scrap merchanted adj. Drunk to the point where every fragment becomes negotiable stock. Mohit went scrap merchanted and tried to sell the torn beer mat back to the landlord.