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scroll barred adj. Describing a drinker who moves vertically through the morning, stopping at intervals for water. scroll locked adj. Slowed by drink to the point where advancing through the evening requires several attempts. scroll sawed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is cut into intricate curves before any straight answer emerges. scroll wheelled adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps turning the morning backwards, seeking the point before the final round. Khamaya was scroll wheelled, reversing the morning towards the round before the final round. scrollbacked adj. Drunk since last orders, and referring to earlier conversations as though they remain on display. scrollbared adj. A drinker who has become a narrow, persistent control along the edge of the day's proceedings. scrolled (/skɹoʊld/) adj. Of a drinker who has rolled through the evening and cannot presently be unrolled for breakfast. Quameshia woke scrolled, curled beside the sofa with last night's messages in a roll. scrollered adj. Drunk by the third round, and advancing through the evening with one finger and unwarranted authority. Briyith became scrollered and attempted to navigate the pub by swiping the air. scrolleried adj. Drunk by closing time, and decorating every available surface with elaborate but unnecessary flourishes. scrollheaded adj. Still drunk, and presenting an ornamental confidence at the front of every ill-advised expedition. scrollied adj. You have drunk enough to issue running commentary, greetings, and news to people who requested none. scrollinged adj. Too drunk to keep a sentence still, allowing it to travel continuously past its intended destination. scrolljackinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to seize control of ordinary proceedings and replace them with a private navigation system. scrollsawed adj. The state of being drunk and cutting the morning into delicate, unnecessarily complicated pieces. scrolltexted adj. Having drunk enough to turn each announcement into a moving public message, usually concerning your own intentions. Eedie became scrolltexted and broadcast her decision to leave across the entire table. scrollwheelled adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps rotating through yesterday's events without reaching the present. Arash remained scrollwheelled, replaying the walk home whenever breakfast became difficult.