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scuffinned adj. The condition of a drinker who has combined two incompatible methods of walking and found both slightly softened. scuffle hoed adj. Softened by drink into a blunt implement, advancing through obstacles without a discernible lifting motion. scuffle huntered adj. Sharpened by drink into a porter of the old school, carrying yourself and nothing else laboriously uphill. scuffled (/ˈskʌfəld/) adj. Reduced by drink to a rough, close-quarters struggle with the furniture, the floor, and occasionally yourself. Tyesha became scuffled on the stairs, grappling with the banister as though it had initiated matters. scufflered adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the short journey between sofa and kitchen into a minor altercation. Arlillian scufflered between the sofa and kitchen, treating the short journey as a pub dispute. scufflinged adj. Loosened by drink into a confused struggle in which standing, turning, and speaking occur simultaneously. scuffmarked adj. A drinker who records each loss of balance on the nearest painted surface. scufted (/skʌftd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to address the nape of the neck as a reliable point of balance. Eudine went scufted and repeatedly steered herself upstairs by the back of her own neck. scuftered adj. Slowed by drink to patrol the route home with official gravity and very little forward progress. Jasibe became scuftered and inspected the stairs one landing at a time, as though issuing citations. scugged (/skʌɡd/) adj. Drunk and moving as a shadow does: indistinctly, sideways, and several seconds behind the body. Hou went scugged on the stairs, appearing briefly in each pool of light before drifting away again. scuggeried adj. Drunk enough to conduct your balance by dishonest means, claiming each wall was part of the plan. sculded adj. Drunk in a way that produces a parting between intention and movement, especially on stairs. Kimbrely went sculded halfway up, with the body continuing while the plan remained below. sculdudderied adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary conversation acquires an unnecessary grossness and the stairs a private audience. sculduggeried adj. Drunk on the strength of a devious little trick, and explaining it repeatedly to unwilling accomplices. sculkered adj. Too drunk to join the gathering directly, but determined that everyone should notice the hiding. Siu got sculkered and spent the evening behind a curtain, answering Marquis in whispers. scullcapped adj. Still drunk, and wearing the evening as a small close-fitting dome.