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scoused adj. A drinker who wakes as a hearty northern stew, with the night’s ingredients thoroughly mingled. scousered adj. A drinker so far gone that every passing customer is treated as a lifelong acquaintance. scout ballooned adj. Drunk on the strength of which you rise above the conversation, observing it without understanding a word. scout teamed adj. Drunk since last orders, and adopting an opponent's tactics without knowing what game is being played. Rayane got scout teamed and practised defending the buffet from imaginary attackers. scout's honored adj. Sharpened by drink into a firm oath about matters too minor to require one. scoutcrafted adj. Drunk by closing time, and applying camping skills to a journey between the bar and the lavatory. Jailee went scoutcrafted and marked the route with torn beer mats. scoutdomed adj. Still drunk, and treating the entire room as territory requiring patrol, codes and quiet authority. Tiffanny was scoutdomed and assigned patrols to tables nobody had asked her to supervise. scouted (/skaʊtd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that you volunteer for reconnaissance and return with information nobody requested. Laporsha went scouted and investigated the kitchen, reporting heavily on the biscuits. scoutered adj. Too drunk to remove a single obstacle cleanly, but determined to improve the furniture with wedges and force. scoutessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to offer practical outdoor guidance while wearing unsuitable shoes for any known terrain. scouthooded adj. Having drunk enough to regard every minor errand as an exercise in discipline, service and pioneering. scouthoused (/ˈskaʊthaʊsd/) adj. Having drunk more than the building can reasonably contain, and mistaking any room for headquarters. scoutinged (/ˈskaʊtɪŋd/) adj. You are drunk and conducting inquiries whose conclusions were settled before the questions began. Camillemarie went scoutinged at the bar, asking questions whose conclusions had been settled before the first answer. scoutmastered adj. Having drunk enough to assess everyone's progress, then send them home for cocoa. scoutmasteringed adj. Of a drinker: directing adults through unnecessary outdoor exercises with the certainty of a senior official. scoutmastershipped adj. Of a drinker who has assumed command, appointed deputies and lost sight of the original objective.