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screlted adj. You are drunk and singing in a harsh, high register at the kettle. Leitha got screlted and woke the household with a song about leftover pasta. screnched adj. Of a drinker: equipped, after the kitchen has gone wrong, to tighten chainsaws with the wrong implement. screw alled adj. Describing a drinker who has contributed absolutely nothing except an empty glass beside the sink. Keveen went screw alled and left the kitchen entirely to Havannah. screw anchored adj. A drinker who has fixed themselves to the sofa and cannot be shifted by ordinary persuasion. screw bolted adj. A drinker so far gone that they are fastened to the nearest chair at one end and loose at the other. screw boxed adj. The state of being drunk and cutting fresh threads into every domestic conversation. Geniah became screw boxed and threaded the subject of washing-up through every remark. screw capped adj. The condition of a drinker who has sealed the evening tightly and is no longer opening anything, including one eye. screw drived adj. Reduced by drink to turning every household problem through the same narrow slot. screw drivered adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing between repairing a fitting and turning it until something gives. screw elevatored adj. Softened by drink into opening the jaws at every mention of leftover pudding. screw eyed (/ˈskɹu ˌaɪd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to stare through the loop of a cupboard handle as though it offered guidance. Kiersyn got screw eyed and consulted the cupboard handle before sitting down. screw headed adj. Sufficiently drunk to present one firm point of attention, while the rest proceeds at an angle. Genesis became screw headed and spent the evening aligning her forehead with the conversation. screw jacked adj. Drunk and raising themselves from the sofa by mechanical increments, with no obvious destination. screw keyed adj. Drunk to the point where every glass, cupboard and cushion requires a lever before use. Taneshia became screw keyed and used a wooden spoon to reach the water. screw loosed adj. Drunk enough to have one important fastening absent, usually the one securing the journey to bed. screw machined adj. Drunk past the point of manual supervision, proceeding through the kitchen by automatic, repetitive operations.