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scratcheed adj. Drunk to a degree that every minor irritation appears to have left a mark. Brittanny was scratcheed, inspecting the table for injuries it plainly did not have. scratchered adj. Drunk to the extent of worrying at one small point until it becomes the whole conversation. Yuleidy grew scratchered and spent ten minutes examining a mark on the bar. scratchgrassed adj. Drunk on the strength of a dry North American grass, and correspondingly difficult to remove from the verge. Macklen stood scratchgrassed beside the path, declining assistance with the confidence of a shrub. scratchied adj. Drunk since last orders, and regarding the next card as a reasonable investment. scratchinessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and finding the evening slightly rough at the edges. scratching posted adj. Still drunk, and returning repeatedly to one upright surface for support and reflection. scratchinged (/ˈskɹæt͡ʃɪŋd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and making the small persistent noise of a problem being considered. scratchitied adj. Too drunk to write legibly, but still able to leave a permanent account of the attempt. scratchittied adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a transparent surface for a suitable place for permanent notes. Ahmeir became scratchittied and began etching observations into the conservatory glass. scratchmarked adj. Having drunk enough to acquire visible evidence of a minor encounter with a surface. Anie was scratchmarked after meeting the hedge, though she remembered the hedge differently. scratchpaded adj. You have drunk enough to commit every passing thought to paper before it departs. scratchpapered adj. Drunk on the strength of provisional ideas, discarded freely once somebody else has heard them. Amekia was scratchpapered and worked through four plans aloud before choosing none. scratchplated adj. You are drunk and treating the front of the instrument as a surface for determined picking. Ogreta was scratchplated, tapping the guitar's front while nobody played it. scratchweeded adj. Of a drinker: entangled in everyone else's affairs, and not easily detached. scratchworked adj. Of a drinker who has applied a thin first layer of confidence to proceedings. scratted (/skɹætd/) adj. Drunk to the point where nobody present can tell which role in the conversation you have assumed.