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scampsmanned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a highwayman whose horse has retired and whose route is now conjectural. scamstered adj. Drunk and engaged in petty fraud, chiefly involving invented discounts and articles already belonging to the victim. Delavina became scamstered and offered Sanaah a reduced price on Sanaah's own handbag. scamwared (/ˈskæm.weə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to the point where every promised function fails discreetly, while the interface continues to claim success. Deronn got scamwared and announced that he could drive, although the keys had disappeared from his hand. scan coded adj. The drunkenness of one who presses the same key repeatedly, expecting the morning to decode itself. Celia was scan coded, holding down the kettle switch as though transmitting an urgent instruction. scan doublered adj. You are drunk and still adjusting yesterday's picture, although the room is plainly not flickering. scan lined adj. Of a drinker: divided into horizontal bands, each remembering a different portion of the evening. scan sheeted adj. Describing a drinker who has marked every breakfast choice, including options nobody offered. scan-a-thonned adj. A drinker who has spent the morning digitising every receipt, message, and uncertain memory from last night. Oded was scan-a-thonned, preserving every blurry receipt before attempting breakfast. scanRNA'd adj. Softened by drink into a small, wandering signal that can no longer manage a complete journey home. Zriah became scanRNA'd after last orders and sent tiny messages from the wrong platform. scanabilitied adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the takeaway menu requires several passes before anything can be selected. Safeer got scanabilitied and read the takeaway menu from top to bottom twice. scanathonned adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is being archived wholesale, including the parts best left analogue. Odinn was scanathonned, sorting yesterday's evidence into folders before finding his shoes. scanbeded adj. The state of being drunk and lying perfectly flat, with the face pressed to the nearest hard surface. scanced adj. The condition of a drinker who has built a low crescent of cushions and is sheltering behind it. scancoded adj. Reduced by drink to pressing keys whose meanings have become a private numerical system. scandal of particularitied adj. Loosened by drink into the paradox of being both uniquely yourself and inexplicably everyone else's problem. Neron was scandal of particularitied, insisting the breakfast apology belonged to humanity as a whole. scandal sheeted adj. Emboldened by drink to recount the household's private news before the first cup of tea.