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SCBU'd adj. A drinker who requires the quiet supervision normally reserved for someone very small and newly arrived. Calico was SCBU'd after the wedding, wrapped in a coat beneath the cloakroom bench. SCC'd adj. Having drunk enough to measure the evening in narrow columns of chargeable conversation. Mukarram was SCC'd by the third round and billed each anecdote as though space were scarce. SCD'd adj. The drunkenness of one who changes dimensions gradually, so that nobody notices the room becoming farther away. Charon became SCD'd and took the final stair in a dimension that seemed to update later. SCEA'd adj. Drunk in a way that turns the pub's order of service into an enterprise architecture diagram. Darion was SCEA'd and arranged the tables into a system nobody had requested. SCF'd adj. Slowed by drink to calculating the same route home repeatedly without reaching a consistent result. Betsan was SCF'd, recomputing the walk to the taxi rank beside the closed pub. SCFA'd adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every passing remark as a short-chain matter requiring immediate action. Ayvrie got SCFA'd and reorganised the pub's stools by conversational acidity. SCGSD'd adj. Drunk, with the result that small shoots of conversation proliferate in every direction. Kaleen got SCGSD'd and began several unrelated stories at once. SCHMOOSE'd adj. Drunk, with the result that the brain produces malformed little ideas and releases them into conversation. Vanesa got SCHMOOSE'd and suggested the fruit machine needed a more sympathetic interface. SCI'd adj. Drunk on the strength of information kept in compartments, particularly those no longer remembered. Aaraon became SCI'd and disclosed nothing, including the reason for entering the kitchen. SCID'd adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every passing cough as a personal betrayal. Ruthellen was SCID'd, asking the table to quarantine its crisps from her pint. SCIF'd (/skɪfd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has compartmentalised the evening so thoroughly that no witness gets the whole account. Conye was SCIF'd, giving the barmaid, landlord and taxi driver separate versions. SCIWORA'd adj. Sharpened by drink into interrogating the company about injuries that do not appear on any scan. Rosalyn got SCIWORA'd and asked each guest whether their invisible injuries were being properly documented. SCJD'd adj. Drunk, with the result that every simple request is handled as though it were a software project. Kitina went SCJD'd and debugged the card machine instead of paying for her round. SCJP'd adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every pub instruction sound like a programming exercise. Reverie became SCJP'd and described fetching the crisps as an iterative process. SCLC'd adj. Having drunk more than the lungs, the room, and the morning could reasonably contain. Gyana was SCLC'd by dawn, breathing cautiously beside an untouched glass of water. SCM'd adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement is logged, revised and immediately undone. Perley was SCM'd, changing his route to the stairs after each unsuccessful approach.