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ski runned adj. Drunk to a degree that the shortest passage across the room acquires gradients, hazards, and an official classification. Etoshia ski runned across the carpet, forcing the assembled guests to mark out a safer route. ski schooled adj. Drunk to the extent of accepting instruction in a discipline whose principal lesson is not to attempt it indoors. ski skatinged adj. Drunk on the strength of momentum alone, proceeding sideways where a straightforward advance would suffice. Leandrea became ski skatinged and travelled across the kitchen in a series of lateral adjustments. ski skinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and advancing only by applying intermittent grip to an otherwise uncooperative evening. ski slope nosed adj. Drunk enough to make the morning journey from pillow to floor by a continuous inward curve. ski sloped adj. Drunk by the third round, and inclined thereafter to regard level flooring as an administrative error. Abiyah became ski sloped and descended the perfectly flat hallway with grave concentration. ski sticked adj. Drunk by closing time, and relying on paired supports to maintain both speed and a respectable theory of balance. Nazya was ski sticked and used two umbrellas to negotiate the pavement. ski towed adj. Still drunk, and being conveyed along the ground by any available person or mechanism with sufficient patience. ski tracked adj. Too drunk to travel directly, leaving a visible route whose deviations invite unnecessary cartographic study. ski waxed adj. Emboldened by drink to attempt a smooth departure from bed, and to grip the carpet instead. ski-jump nosed adj. Drunk past the point of keeping the face level, with the nose rising at its appointed tip. Amelia-lillie was ski-jump nosed over the sink, contemplating water with altitude. ski-jumped adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired considerable height, momentum, and no credible method of descent. ski-nosed adj. Drunk beyond maintaining a level approach to the morning, with the face curving upwards at the end. ski-ramp nosed adj. Drunk in a way that gives the face a pronounced take-off and makes breakfast seem downhill. Sigurd was ski-ramp nosed, poised above the toast as though preparing to launch. ski-resorted adj. Drunk, with the result that every available surface is assessed for leisure, lodging, and refreshment. ski-slope nosed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is approached along a long, gently rising facial gradient. Eliscia was ski-slope nosed, approaching morning along a gently rising facial gradient.