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scroyled adj. A drinker who has become a mean little obstacle between the kitchen and the glass of water. Decorion was scroyled, guarding the sofa while insisting nobody else needed the remote. scrub baseballed adj. The state of being drunk and progressing from sofa to kitchen and back without forming teams or plans. scrub birded adj. The condition of a drinker who has retreated into the quietest corner of the house and stopped answering. Elisama was scrub birded, concealed behind the sofa and listening to the kettle cool. scrub boarded adj. The drunkenness of one who has rubbed the evening smooth by repeatedly wiping an already clean kitchen surface. Viliami scrub boarded the already clean bar while waiting for a taxi. scrub brushed adj. Softened by drink into a hand-held implement for scouring every table within reach. scrub bulled adj. Reduced by drink to a feral presence in the kitchen, wary of assistance and attracted to leftovers. scrub dashered adj. Softened by drink into someone who crosses the kitchen at speed whenever a glass of water is mentioned. Leray was scrub dashered, rushing for water and arriving without the glass. scrub gunned adj. Sharpened by drink into a short, sudden burst of movement through the cluttered kitchen. scrub hared adj. Loosened by drink into a person who bolts from the sofa, then forgets what the kitchen was for. scrub jayed adj. Emboldened by drink to claim the best sofa cushion and announce household policy without consultation. scrub nursed adj. Slowed by drink to the point of carefully arranging glasses, cushions, and blankets for an operation that is sleep. scrub oaked adj. Drunk and rooted beside the sofa, small, sturdy, and unlikely to be moved before morning. Tyjah was scrub oaked, planted beside the television with a blanket over one shoulder. scrub pined adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen tap represents an entire landscape of distant necessities. scrub ridered adj. Drunk enough to patrol the house in search of the glass, blanket, or charger that has strayed from the sofa. scrub robinned adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conversation, but still singing softly from somewhere near the kitchen. scrub turkeyed adj. Drunk beyond dignity, scratching through the kitchen for crumbs with determined domestic purpose.