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scaffoldinged (/ˈskæfəldɪŋd/) adj. Drunk enough to require a temporary domestic framework of cushions, coasters and reassuringly solid surfaces. Xiomar was scaffoldinged, crossing the sitting room by means of chairs and folded blankets. scaffoldinned adj. Drunk to the point where every household object becomes a supporting unit in getting safely to the sofa. scagged (/skæɡd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where the glass of water is recognised as separate from the table. scagheaded (/ˈskæɡhɛdd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the sofa occupied, the kettle forgotten and the water untouched. Babar was scagheaded, asleep beside the full glass he had requested from the kitchen. scagliaed adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the kitchen worktop the solemn reddish permanence of a monument. scagliolaed adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking plaster, marble and the kitchen wall for interchangeable resting places. scagliolisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and applying gypsum-like seriousness to every small domestic repair. scagnosticked adj. Drunk by the third round, and analysing the kitchen into scatterplots of cups, plates and abandoned wrappers. Darcie-may became scagnosticked, mapping every tumbler on the kitchen floor before choosing one. scainiited adj. Drunk by closing time, and bluish-black with the mineral resolve to reach the water glass. scaithed adj. Still drunk, and treating the morning's minor household injuries as evidence of an adventurous evening. scala naturaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to place the household in a great chain, with the sofa above the floor and water above all. scalabilitied adj. Having drunk enough to scale from one domestic surface to another without increasing the apparent distance to bed. scaladed adj. You have drunk enough to attempt an escalade of the sofa rather than sit down normally. scaladoed adj. You are drunk and climbing the furniture by the least necessary route to the kitchen. scalaed adj. Too drunk to descend the sequence from sofa to kitchen without stopping at every intermediate cushion. scalar bosonned adj. Of a drinker who has no spin, no direction and a marked preference for remaining beside the glass.