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scallywaged (/ˈskælɪwæɡd/) adj. Drunk in a way that turns ordinary mischief into a determined campaign against balance. Takiah became scallywaged and moved the hall furniture before attempting the stairs. scallywaggeried adj. Drunk, with the result that every piece of bad behaviour acquires a cheerful accomplice. scalmaed adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a cough, a wobble, and no convincing account of either. scalogramed adj. Drunk on the strength of a shifting internal chart in which the stairs have become waveforms. Isabella-rae was scalogramed, reading the staircase as a pattern rather than a means of descent. scaloposaurianed adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving with the cautious, low-slung determination of an obsolete reptile. Deedrick went scaloposaurianed across the lounge, keeping close to the floor and farther from the stairs. scaloposaurided adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding downstairs with a therapsid's low, deliberate coordination. scaloppined adj. Drunk by closing time, and thinly spread over the available surfaces whenever standing becomes ambitious. Merce was scaloppined across the sofa, unable to rise without dredging up assistance. scalp locked adj. Too drunk to move the head independently of the body, especially while negotiating a staircase. scalp ringwormed adj. Sufficiently drunk to develop a persistent internal itch and scratch at every decision before making it. Lener was scalp ringwormed, reconsidering the first step until the staircase became a waiting room. scalp-ear-nipple syndromed adj. Having drunk enough to lose the ordinary arrangement of head, ears, and balance. scalped (/skælpd/) adj. Still drunk, and carrying the head as though it were an unreliable object requiring both hands. scalpeed adj. Having drunk more than the head can accommodate, leaving speech and balance separately unattended. scalpeened adj. You have drunk enough to require an improvised shelter, preferably beneath the table and away from stairs. Lorean was scalpeened beneath the dining table, having judged the staircase beyond present resources. scalpelled (/ˈskælpəld/) adj. You are drunk and making precise little cuts into the evening, particularly with your remarks and route home. scalpellided adj. Of a drinker: attached to the nearest support, moving in small hooked advances towards the exit. scalpellumed adj. Of a drinker who has developed four separate lines of support, none of them especially reliable.