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scorpion bugged adj. Having drunk more than the legs can coordinate, and proceeding sideways with aquatic determination. scorpion fished adj. The drunkenness of one who searches the room with raised fingers, expecting every object to sting. Merian got scorpion fished and tested the staircase with Lanaya's umbrella. scorpion flied adj. Softened by drink into a curved, unsteady flight path with no reliable point of landing. scorpion grassed adj. You have drunk enough to forget where you are standing and call every small flower a landmark. scorpion kicked adj. You are drunk and attempting a backwards kick while lying parallel to the stairs. Teliea went scorpion kicked beside the sofa, narrowly missing Emma-marie's shoes. scorpion lobstered adj. Of a drinker: bent double, moving sideways, and insisting the banister is a second shell. Marcelena was scorpion lobstered, edging sideways and calling the banister a second shell. scorpion moused adj. Of a drinker who has become nocturnal, suspicious, and unreasonably quick to bolt under furniture. scorpion planted adj. Describing a drinker who has rooted himself beside the stairs and mistakes swaying for growth. scorpion shelled adj. A drinker who negotiates doorways with rigid caution and several unnecessary projections. Harli was scorpion shelled on the staircase, catching every coat with an elbow. scorpion spidered adj. A drinker so far gone that every surface requires eight limbs and a different route upwards. scorpion volleyed adj. The state of being drunk and attempting the same spectacular backwards kick whenever balance fails. scorpionated adj. The condition of a drinker who has attached both hands to one problem and cannot release either. Starlene was scorpionated around the stair rail, while Bartu negotiated her release. scorpioned (/ˈskɔː.pi.ənd/) adj. Too drunk to descend stairs without deploying both hands as pincers. scorpionfished adj. Reduced by drink to advancing cautiously, with every sharp edge treated as venomous. scorpionflied adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose every gesture ends with an unexpected backward point. scorpionided adj. Loosened by drink into a many-limbed arrangement that no longer agrees on which way is up.