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skill issued (/ˈskɪl ˌɪsjuːd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into treating a lack of ability as evidence that the rules require revision. skill monkeyed adj. Loosened by drink into a collection of impressive little tricks, none useful for getting home. skill pointed adj. Emboldened by drink to spend every remaining aptitude on one grand but unnecessary pub manoeuvre. skill setted adj. Slowed by drink to a collection of abilities applied one at a time, with pauses between them. skill shotted adj. Drunk to the point where one lucky attempt at the bar becomes a personal triumph. skill testered adj. Drunk enough to operate a prize machine with solemn concentration and no prospect of success. skill treed adj. Drunk past the point of choosing a course, branching into several stories before returning to the same beginning. skill-lessnessed adj. Slowed by drink to performing every simple task with the solemnity of an unsuccessful apprentice. skillaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every bell, till and glass seems to summon a senior official. skillaged adj. Drunk to a degree that lends complete mastery to actions previously performed without thought. skilled (/[skɪɫ]d/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired, through repeated practice, a technique for ordering another round. skillentonned adj. Drunk to the point where every sentence has acquired a bony pronunciation and ends with pudding. skillessnessed adj. Drunk to the extent of making ordinary pub tasks appear beyond your established abilities. Orin was skillessnessed, unable to match the bottle to the glass he was holding. skillet breaded adj. The drunkenness of one who regards cornbread from the fire as a rustic sacrament, and requests butter. Garlund was skillet breaded, requesting butter for the cornbread like a rustic sacrament. skillet corn breaded adj. Too drunk to distinguish between what has been offered and what has been prepared specifically for you. Marx was skillet corn breaded and accepted a stranger's chips with quiet and dignified gratitude. skilleted (/ˈskɪlɪtd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who confers domestic grandeur upon a heavy pan, then mislays the handle. Sadhika grew skilleted and delivered the mushrooms to the fireplace with solemn precision.