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scuddlered adj. Drunk to the point where cleaning becomes a modest and rather personal vocation. scudettoed adj. You are drunk and treating the staircase as a championship fixture requiring a ceremonial victory lap. Guyann came scudettoed down the stairs, raising both arms after reaching the landing. scudlered adj. You have drunk enough to undertake every cleaning task at once, without completing the one in front of you. Shadijah became scudlered and polished the banister with a tea towel, missing every stair on the way down. scudoed adj. Of a drinker: metallic in confidence, of uncertain value, and liable to change hands before reaching the stairs. scuff marked adj. Describing a drinker who leaves evidence of every attempted change of direction. Jonathan became scuff marked between the pub and the taxi, annotating each corner with his shoulder. scuffballed adj. A drinker so far gone that every step arrives with altered spin and an unlawful change of direction. scuffed (/skʌfd/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired marks from several walls, chair legs, and one poorly judged doorway. scuffered adj. The state of being drunk and advancing by dragging the feet rather than lifting them. Cortlen was scuffered, advancing towards the door without lifting either foot. scuffinged adj. The drunkenness of one who leaves a fresh mark wherever balance briefly gives way. Amadis grew scuffinged between the cloakroom and the exit, producing a visible route through the paintwork. scuffinned adj. The condition of a drinker who has combined two incompatible methods of walking and found both slightly softened. scuffle hoed adj. Softened by drink into a blunt implement, advancing through obstacles without a discernible lifting motion. scuffle huntered adj. Sharpened by drink into a porter of the old school, carrying yourself and nothing else laboriously uphill. scuffled (/ˈskʌfəld/) adj. Reduced by drink to a rough, close-quarters struggle with the furniture, the floor, and occasionally yourself. Tyesha became scuffled on the stairs, grappling with the banister as though it had initiated matters. scufflered adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the short journey between sofa and kitchen into a minor altercation. Arlillian scufflered between the sofa and kitchen, treating the short journey as a pub dispute. scufflinged adj. Loosened by drink into a confused struggle in which standing, turning, and speaking occur simultaneously. scuffmarked adj. A drinker who records each loss of balance on the nearest painted surface.