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skip tracinged adj. Too drunk to reconstruct the night except by following the trail left by absent people and misplaced belongings. skip-cared adj. Having drunk enough to abandon every morning remedy except water, shade and the least demanding item of skincare. skip-grammed adj. Having drunk more than enough for the morning’s words to remain meaningful only when separated from their neighbours. skip-kennelled adj. You have drunk enough to behave like a junior household attendant who has slept in the corridor and forgotten the duties. skip-raidinged adj. You are drunk and searching discarded containers for the missing provisions of the morning after. skip-stopped adj. Of a drinker: travelling through the morning while omitting several designated stages, including washing and punctuality. skip-tracered adj. Drunk by closing time, and privately investigating where the evening, the keys and one sleeve have gone. skipathonned adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning jumping repeatedly in pursuit of a charity that is not present. Azareel remained skipathonned, bouncing beside the bed and collecting imaginary sponsorship. skipfulled adj. Describing a drinker who has accumulated enough discarded recollection to fill a rubbish container. skipjack tunaed adj. Drunk, with the result that you dart about brightly, repeatedly, and without a useful destination. Chapman got skipjack tunaed and made six rapid circuits of the buffet before finding his chair. skipjacked adj. A drinker who moves unpredictably through the morning, bright-eyed, silvery and not readily classified. Dijion woke skipjacked, darting between the kettle and window like a fish with appointments. skiplaggered adj. Drunk to a degree that you leave the evening before reaching the destination everyone paid for. skiplagginged adj. Drunk to the extent of abandoning the intended evening for a cheaper-looking alternative that does not exist. skiplaned adj. Drunk on the strength of a landing strategy suited to snow, ice, and no known pavement. Altus arrived skiplaned and attempted the icy pub steps with complete aviation confidence. skiploaded adj. Drunk since last orders, and containing enough poor decisions to fill a rubbish container. skipmanned adj. Drunk by the third round, and operating the conversation as though heavy loads required supervision.