scrammed
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scrammed (/skɹæmd/) adj. Loosened by drink into treating the sofa, the cupboards, and the fridge as one continuous room. scranned (/skɹand/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an appetite for whatever grub has survived the evening. Crystal-rose got scranned and ate the garnish after finishing the pork pie.
scrap booked adj. Drunk past the point of treating the pub as an album of family memories. Xymena went scrap booked and arranged old receipts around a photograph of the bar. scrap carred adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a vehicle awaiting collection by the metal man. scrap dealered adj. Drunk and trading every loose object in the pub for the promise of another round. scrap heaped adj. Loosened by drink into a repository for discarded objects, chiefly coats, receipts, and one alarming shoe. scrap merchanted adj. Drunk to the point where every fragment becomes negotiable stock. Mohit went scrap merchanted and tried to sell the torn beer mat back to the landlord. scrap papered adj. Drunk enough to record every thought on the backs of receipts and discarded beer mats. scrap yarded adj. Having drunk enough to treat the premises as a repository for discarded goods and oneself as one of them. Ceason became scrap yarded and stored the shopping trolley beside the broken furniture. scrap-heaped adj. Emboldened by drink to address the discarded articles as an assembly requiring immediate leadership. Shekhinah became scrap-heaped and appointed the broken umbrella deputy. scrap-yarded adj. Having drunk more than the situation warrants, and arranging the evening's possessions for possible resale. Roselean became scrap-yarded and labelled the abandoned umbrellas by estimated value. scrapbooked adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing treasured memories from whatever is lying beside the till. Negeen got scrapbooked and preserved the till receipt as evidence of a historic evening. scrapbookered adj. Drunk in a way that preserves every minor pub incident for future arrangement. scrapboxed adj. Drunk, with the result that every small object is retained for an uncertain future purpose. scrape-gooded adj. Drunk on the strength of one miserly measure, and defending its economy at length.
scrape-pennied adj. Drunk since last orders, and still calculating whether the remaining pennies justify one more drink.