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skim milked adj. Drunk by the third round, and stripped of all richness except the conviction that tea remains possible. Merritt became skim milked and insisted the evening still retained enough substance for tea. skim pitted adj. Still drunk, and separating from the evening like oil from water in an open-air pit. skimbacked adj. Too drunk to move in a straight line, yet capable of identifying the quillback by its proper name. skimble-skambled (/ˈskɪmb(ə)lˌskæmb(ə)ld/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to deliver elevated nonsense with the confidence of a parliamentary statement. skimboarded adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the wet pavement, the bar staff, and anyone willing to watch. skimboardered adj. Slowed by drink to require a broad, wet approach and several spectators before reaching the other side. skimboardinged adj. Drunk and gliding through shallow conversations, leaving everyone nearby to provide the beach. skimeltonned (/ˈskɪməltənd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the neighbours are assembled outside, making a public ceremony of your marriage. skimingtonned adj. Drunk to the extent of impersonating an offending spouse in public, with unwilling neighbours forming the procession. skimmabilitied adj. Drunk enough to reduce every conversation to headings, leaving others to supply the missing particulars. skimmed (/skɪmd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of having read the menu without retaining any details beyond chips. Jamere became skimmed and ordered from the menu's general impression rather than its contents. skimmed milked adj. Drunk by closing time, and left with the cream removed from both conversation and judgement. skimmelled adj. Drunk past the point of remaining a horse; dappled, unsteady, and requiring a patient escort. Blayten got skimmelled and accepted the coat stand as a suitable mounting point. skimmeltonned adj. Drunk on the strength of a grievance, a borrowed costume, and an audience that had not consented. Melisa became skimmeltonned and led a procession portraying her absent partner to puzzled pedestrians. skimmered adj. Drunk beyond retaining anything substantial, while continuing to remove the surface from everyone else's conversation. Azyia was skimmered and took only the least important part of each story away. skimmertonned adj. Drunk since last orders, and processing through the town in imitation of someone else's domestic offence. Danija skimmertonned through the kitchen, reenacting an argument with the bread bin.