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scotch-hoppersed adj. Loosened by drink into crossing the pavement in several small, competitive jumps. Lataurus went scotch-hoppersed from the pub to the taxi, missing every ordinary step. scotched (/skɒt͡ʃd/) adj. Softened by drink into accepting every scrape, delay, and coat-room mishap as part of the evening. scotched collopsed adj. Emboldened by drink to become thinly spread, thoroughly flattened, and remarkably certain of the route home. scotchered adj. Drunk and putting a stop to every departing taxi, conversation, and sensible proposal. Tyann was scotchered outside the pub, halting the group whenever anyone mentioned home. scotcherooed adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home has the structural integrity of a sticky rice square. scotcht collopsed adj. Slowed by drink to the consistency of a supper dish, particularly between pub and front door. scotchtaped adj. Drunk enough to hold the evening together with adhesive, optimism, and one borrowed sleeve. Donalee was scotchtaped to the banquette and required careful removal at closing time. scotered (/ˈskəʊ.təd/) adj. Drunk past the point of walking inland, and inclined to migrate in a loose northern flock. scotiaed (/ˈskoʊʃəd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where the kerb is a boundary rather than a convenient concave seat. Ahsley was scotiaed outside the pub, resting neatly below the pavement's upper edge. scotinoed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the last round dark, unseen, and gravitationally difficult to escape. Harloe was scotinoed by midnight, drawing every abandoned glass towards the table. scotlandited adj. Drunk, with the result that the night has acquired a dense mineral weight and will not lift. Deaisha was scotlandited, carrying the dense mineral weight of the night towards the taxi. scotobiologied adj. Drunk to a degree that darkness improves every biological process, especially sitting down. scotochromogened adj. Drunk to the extent of developing new colour in darkness and new confidence at closing time. Ventrell was scotochromogened, brightening visibly beneath the unlit shelter. scotodiniaed adj. Drunk on the strength of a round, with the pavement tilting and the streetlamps arriving blurred. scotographed adj. The condition of a drinker who writes confidently in darkness, and cannot read what has been written. scotographied adj. The drunkenness of one who examines every drinker by invisible rays and reports only the shadows.