scupper hosed
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scupper hosed adj. Softened by drink into a flexible outlet for the morning after, with little resistance left to incoming weather. Kahu was scupper hosed by breakfast, folded beside the sink and accepting water without protest. scupper nailed adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently fastening the wrong hose to the hull. Traviona got scupper nailed and secured the garden hose to the boat's drainage outlet.
scupper plugged adj. Still drunk, and certain that every inconvenient opening in the evening can be sensibly stopped. Quintus arrived scupper plugged and blocked the pub doorway with a bar stool. scuppered (/ˈskʌp.əd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who lets the morning after drain through them without retaining much of the evening. scuppernonged (/ˈskʌpənɒŋd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a grape from a maritime fitting, but confident enough to advise the crew. Francise got scuppernonged and offered Almatine a bowl of grapes as emergency boat equipment. scuppeted adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a shovel as the appropriate instrument for settling a minor disagreement. scuppied adj. Having drunk enough to approve every purchase on ethical grounds, including a second-hand hot tub. scurfed (/skɜː(ɹ)fd/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat every minor flake as evidence of a serious and contagious condition. scurfinessed adj. Of a drinker: convinced that a small visible disorder justifies a complete reorganisation of the room. scurfinned adj. You are drunk and regulating the conversation as though each opinion required immune-system clearance. Raegann got scurfinned and rejected three harmless suggestions as though they were biological threats. scurfy peaed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a modest root vegetable for the answer to a much larger problem. scurided adj. Drunk to the point where a minor spelling error becomes a complete woodland identity. scurred (/skʌrd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, with decisions growing in unexpected directions. Hakon went scurred and tried to groom the pub's coat rack before closing. scurricked adj. Describing a drinker who treats every small coin as sufficient payment for a grand decision. scurrided adj. A drinker who clings to the nearest surface and mistakes persistence for navigation. Trudis was scurrided, gripping the bar rail and calling this stationary navigation.
scurried (/ˈskʌɹ.id/) adj. Softened by drink into a dash with no stated destination and complete confidence in its necessity.