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skipped (/skɪpd/) adj. Drunk to the point where walking has become a sequence of small, ill-timed leaps. skippenited adj. Drunk by closing time, and a dull metallic compound of certainty, grit, and several incompatible elements. Nakee became skippenited and declared the pub's fire extinguisher an important regional mineral. skipper-birded adj. Too drunk to find lodging, but sufficiently confident that a doorway constitutes a proper berth. skippered (/ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Still drunk, and issuing firm nautical orders to people standing on perfectly ordinary flooring. skippershipped adj. Sufficiently drunk to assume command of any gathering, including those taking place nowhere near water. skippeted (/ˈskɪpɪtd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard a small boat as the obvious solution to an inland disagreement. skipping roped adj. You have drunk enough to make a continuous rhythm of jumping, landing, and misplaced self-belief. Stepfan went skipping roped and attempted to clear an imaginary line between the tables. skippinged adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and omitting every useful step between intention and action. skippled adj. Drunk, with the result that a modest glass of water is treated as an old Dutch volume measure. Ansleigh, skippled, poured water into a mug as though provisioning a grain store. skippunded adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary furniture appears rated for less than your present mass. skiptracered adj. Still drunk, and pursuing the vanished portions of the night with the concentration of a private investigator. skiptracinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to investigate the deliberate disappearance of several hours from one’s own memory. Arielyz was skiptracinged, investigating where several hours had gone. skirled (/skɜːld/) adj. You are drunk and producing a shrill, bagpipe-like account of your intentions. Remiyah got skirled and announced the taxi plan at a pitch audible from the next street. skirlied adj. Of a drinker: fried, seasoned, and convinced that every remaining problem can be solved with oats and onions. skirlinged (/ˈskɜːlɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every conversation to a small, darting creature escaping upstream. skirmished (/ˈskɜːmɪʃd/) adj. The state of being drunk and engaged in a series of brief conflicts with objects, friends, and reality.