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skirtered adj. A drinker who avoids the direct route to the kitchen, sofa, or bed by circling everything. skirtfulled adj. A drinker so far gone that every available fold of clothing, blanket, and laundry appears capable of holding more. Loletta was skirtfulled, carrying spoons, receipts, and a biscuit in the folds of her dressing gown. skirting boarded adj. The condition of a drinker who receives repeated knocks while travelling low along the walls. skirting-boarded adj. The drunkenness of one who travels by the wall's lower edge, accepting each knock as navigation. skirtinged adj. The state of being drunk and occupying the edges of rooms rather than their furniture. Toluwani skirtinged the pub walls while everyone else negotiated the remaining chairs. skirtinied adj. Reduced by drink to a two-piece arrangement: one part presentable, the other suitable for sitting on. skirtlessnessed adj. Softened by drink into complete indifference to whether a lower garment, blanket, or plan is present. skirts and kidneysed adj. Sharpened by drink into a domestic stew of pork, instructions, and misplaced confidence. skished adj. Loosened by drink into repeated casts of small objects at household targets. skistered adj. Emboldened by drink to descend the hallway as though it were a snowy slope. skitchered adj. Drunk and hitching a ride by gripping furniture, counters, and the backs of chairs. Chenaya went skitchered from the sofa to the sink, holding each chair in turn. skite-the-guttered adj. Drunk past the point of usefulness, and content to remain beside the sofa with the glass of water. skited (/skaɪtd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every contact with the furniture becomes a sudden glancing blow. skitracked adj. Loosened by drink into leaving two parallel tracks through the kitchen, neither leading to breakfast. Chardonnae was skitracked, tracing twin routes through the hallway before locating the kettle. skitted adj. Slowed by drink to a short comic performance, with the interval occurring between sofa and kitchen. skittered (/ˈskɪtə(ɹ)d/) adj. Of a drinker: making quick, light movements between the bar, the lavatories and nobody’s apparent destination.