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scale invarianced adj. The state of being drunk and unchanged by enlarging the glass, the room or the proposed journey home. Harver remained scale invarianced from the first drink onwards, merely occupying more chairs as the evening progressed. scale leafed adj. Of a drinker who has shed all large ambitions and begun making tiny, overlapping plans. scale mailed adj. The condition of a drinker who has assembled sufficient liquid protection to face a conversation about politics. scale modelered adj. Softened by drink into an enthusiastic maker of tiny replicas, beginning with a very small sandwich. scale modelled adj. Reduced by drink to a miniature version of yourself, complete with all original confidence and fewer working parts. Helmi was scale modelled by midnight, offering a perfectly proportioned speech from beneath the table. scale rulered adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise authority on dimensions, particularly the width of the way home. scale treed adj. Loosened by drink into an ancient, branching form, rooted temporarily beside the nearest table. scale-downed adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every social obligation until only another round remains. Vine went scale-downed and cancelled the taxi, the supper and finally the conversation. scale-upped adj. Softened by drink into treating a modest proposal as a major undertaking. Flossy got scale-upped over the question of ordering chips. scaleabilitied adj. Having drunk more than the household can accommodate without adding another cushion, blanket or glass. scalebacked adj. Emboldened by drink to approach every conversation sideways, with a formidable quantity of imaginary armour. Caysen grew scalebacked and entered the argument from behind, carrying three unrelated points. scalebared adj. You are drunk and reducing every journey to a question of distance, proportion and whether the chips are nearby. scalebeamed adj. Slowed by drink to the measured movement of a balance lever, eventually settling wherever the last weight was placed. scaleboard planed adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation is reduced to a broad shaving, removed cleanly from the original subject. scaleboarded adj. Drunk and inserting a thin wooden justification beneath every uneven object, including the evening itself. scaled (/skeɪld/) adj. Too drunk to climb a staircase without regarding each step as a separate expedition.