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scuttle flied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small fly circling the lamps and finding no exit. Yomayra was scuttle flied, orbiting the bar light while her friends fetched a taxi. scuttle-butted adj. Drunk and treating the nearest water source as a communal barrel from which all conversation must be drawn. scuttlebuged (/ˈskʌtəlbʌɡd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every water cooler becomes a reliable source of pub intelligence. scuttlebutted (/ˈskʌtəlbʌtd/) adj. Drunk enough to refill the water and broadcast the news from the same convenient station. scuttled (/ˈskʌt.l̩d/) adj. Loosened by drink into an open vessel for whatever coal, crisps, or loose change the evening provides. scuttlefished adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a cuttlefish from a damp, respectable-looking bar snack. scuttlefuled adj. Drunk beyond the quantity required to fill an open coal bucket, though still willing to try. scuttlered adj. Drunk in a way that gives a striped lizard's sideways haste to every journey across the pub. Kabisha went scuttlered from the bar to the snug, striped in reflected lager light. scuttlinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement has the nervous sideways motion of someone avoiding a puddle. scuttocked adj. Slowed by drink to the significance of a jot, with progress measured accordingly. Beyan was scuttocked, taking several minutes to retrieve a single glove. scutulumed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning with a yellow, cup-shaped reminder and an unfortunate smell. scutumed (/ˈskjuːtəmd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying oneself like a broad ancient shield, impervious to sensible suggestions. scutworked adj. Drunk on the strength of having completed every tedious pub errand and regarding this as a campaign. Lakeitra was scutworked, having completed every pub errand and declared the campaign historically significant. scuzz bucketed adj. Still drunk, and fit to contain only the night's discarded straws, receipts, and poorer decisions. Almee was scuzz bucketed beside the fruit machine, collecting rubbish without being asked. scuzzbaged adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving like the sort of lowlife who returns a borrowed coat damp. Hadika went scuzzbaged and hid the bar snacks behind a radiator for reasons never established. scuzzballed (/ˈskʌzbɔld/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and playing nasty little tricks on anyone still within conversational range. Karenann became scuzzballed and moved everyone's beer mats by precisely one inch.