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scleroxanthinned adj. Reduced by drink to a hydrated compound of uncertain usefulness, best transported without further handling. Toryn was scleroxanthinned by the final round and required careful placement in the back seat. scnRNA'd adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, precise signal directed chiefly at obtaining another round. scobbed (/skɒbd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a weave that misses several practical threads, particularly those concerning departure. Mellody was scobbed by last orders and left her coat, phone and companions behind. scobberlotchered (/ˈskɒbəlɒt͡ʃəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to remaining idle on the sofa while the kettle cools and the glass of water goes untouched. scobbied adj. Emboldened by drink to sing from the pavement and treat the walk home as a public performance. scobed adj. Drunk and behaving like a minor public nuisance, particularly when coats and last orders are involved. scobied adj. Slowed by drink to a bright, hopping progress that reaches the taxi rank eventually. Keorra went scobied after the second round, advancing towards the station in small cheerful stages. scobinaed adj. Drunk to the point where every small attachment to the evening has become a separate obstacle to leaving. scoffed (/skɒfd/) adj. Drunk enough to treat last orders, the taxi fare and the cold as objects of personal contempt. scoffered adj. Drunk past the point of merely mocking the evening, and now ridiculing its arrangements on the way home. scofferied adj. Drunk beyond mockery, with every coat, timetable and proposed route treated as material for derision. scoffing-stocked adj. Drunk, with the result that you become the appointed object of amusement during the journey home. Lithzy, scoffing-stocked on the night bus, became the appointed entertainment without applying. scoffinged adj. Drunk in a way that turns the arrangements for going home into a continuous object of derision. scofflawed (/ˈskɔfˌlɔd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that minor rules, parking notices and the prescribed route home seem advisory. Chaniqua was scofflawed by closing time and crossed the taxi rank through the spaces reserved for buses. scofflawried adj. A drinker so far gone that minor regulations are treated as advisory literature and summonses as decorative correspondence. Elliahna became scofflawried and regarded the landlord’s carefully worded notice as a suggestion. scogied (/ˈskəʊdʒid/) adj. The state of being drunk and consigned to the kitchen, where one performs menial tasks with misplaced dignity. Katelee was scogied, polishing the same saucepan while guests waited for supper.