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scumblinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and adding a thick, indistinct finish to otherwise simple events. Elton became scumblinged and converted a missed bus into an elaborate civic injustice. scumboarded adj. Drunk by closing time, and acting as a partition against every sensible proposal passing through. Eker went scumboarded and blocked the party's passage towards any recognised form of transport. scumbreathed adj. Still drunk, and expressing disapproval with the economical force of a professional insult. Ialiyah remained scumbreathed, reducing the karaoke singer to a judgement delivered without elaboration. scumbriaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a mackerel from a member of the assembled company. scumbroed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake deliberate untidiness for a coherent personal philosophy. scumbucketed adj. Having drunk enough to become a receptacle for poor judgement, shabby motives, and loose change. Annee grew scumbucketed and accepted every dubious suggestion placed before her. scumbuged adj. Having drunk more than your remaining respectability can reasonably accommodate. scumbutted adj. You have drunk enough to make an insult of yourself before anyone else has the opportunity. Wilba became scumbutted and delivered a formal complaint to the unattended umbrella stand. scumfaced adj. You are drunk and wearing an expression suggesting that the evening has personally failed you. scumfucked adj. Of a drinker: rendered by liquor incapable of distinguishing disgrace from ordinary evening procedure. scumheaded adj. Of a drinker who has allowed alcohol to replace the customary administrative department of the mind. Lurlee became scumheaded and mislaid both the bill and the argument concerning it. scumholed adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken the least salubrious available place for a viable social destination. scumlorded adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning after feeling governed by a particularly disreputable authority. scummed (/skʌmd/) adj. Drunk and risen conspicuously to the surface of every conversation, carrying impurities with you. scummered adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is spent removing a thin residue of last night's decisions. scumminessed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning after acquires a general film of disrepute. Tyreec arrived scumminessed, with the flat, the coat and the conversation all faintly disreputable.