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scarpleted adj. Drunk to the extent of finding a minor change in floor height a serious morning-after landmark. Mitzi was scarpleted, pausing at the door sill until the room settled. scarpmented adj. Drunk in a way that gives every departure the character of a steep descent. Jodilynn scarpmented down the pub steps, with two friends supervising the descent. scarred (/skɑː(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening acquires a lasting mark in the memories of everyone present. scarrered adj. Drunk on the strength of which the morning after leaves several small marks and no persuasive explanation. Hesston was scarrered, displaying fresh scratches acquired somewhere between supper and dawn. scarringed adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the night's small injuries as a complete record of events. Jeremey was scarringed, counting the marks on his hands instead of recounting the evening. scarsellaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and waking with a hollow, rectangular sense of space behind the eyes. scarted adj. Reduced by drink to treating a slight wound as a compelling reason to cancel all further plans. Cieran was scarted and presented a paper cut as grounds for immediate medical leave. scarused adj. Drunk and brightly parrot-like, grazing through the buffet while offering Mediterranean advice. Guinness became scarused and nibbled the garnish from every unattended glass. scarvinged adj. Describing a drinker who has become raw material for several scarves before reaching the taxi. Rayquon was scarvinged before reaching the taxi, with the evening apparently knitted around them. scat singinged adj. Drunk beyond language, improvising instrumental nonsense syllables whenever conversation reaches a cadence. scatbacked adj. Of a drinker who has exchanged power for speed, and is now fleeing the crisps. scatched adj. Describing a drinker who guides conversation with the precision of an obsolete horse bit. scated adj. Drunk by the third round, and gliding through the morning after on a blade-thin sense of balance. Emley was scated, gliding towards the kettle on a blade-thin sense of balance. scatheaded adj. The state of being drunk and treating every modest inconvenience as a personal intellectual triumph. scathed (/skeɪðd/) adj. A drinker who has converted the evening into damage, chiefly to the furniture and his dignity. Estyn became scathed after supper, harming a lampshade while reaching for the salt. scathefired adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a small, destructive conflagration near the curtains. Maahika was scathefired by eleven, singeing the evening without actually lighting anything.