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skunked termed adj. The drunkenness of one who changes meaning halfway through each sentence and expects usage to follow. Beadie was skunked termed, using āstairsā for both the ascent and the landing. skunkeried adj. Reduced by drink to a place where movement is supervised, poorly ventilated, and largely optional. Charisse was skunkeried beside the radiator, receiving visitors by nod alone. skunkheaded adj. Softened by drink into a broad, floating gait with little agreement between head and feet. skunkied adj. Sharpened by drink into a smaller, more excitable source of defensive atmosphere. Yoshie was skunkied by eleven and guarded the crisps with surprising resolve. skunkinessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a pointedly unpleasant conversational presence, with every opinion freshly odorous. skunkleted adj. Loosened by drink into small, youthful movements and an urgent wish to be carried upstairs. skunkpoxed adj. Of a drinker: marked by a spreading inability to remain still, particularly during ordinary conversation. skunksonaed adj. Emboldened by drink to adopt a more aromatic personality and insist that everyone recognise it. Pellie got skunksonaed and introduced the same invented character to three different tables. skunkweeded adj. Slowed by drink to a sticky, lingering progress that leaves the room smelling of poor decisions. skunkworksed adj. Drunk to the point where balance is handled by an improvised team with no agreed plan. skurfinged adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the pavement for a single board and the taxi queue for open water. skurried adj. Sharpened by drink into an old-fashioned dash, performed with modern uncertainty. skuted (/skuĖtd/) adj. Drunk enough to proceed as though the floor were water and your feet a small vessel. skutterudited adj. Drunk past the point of coherent coordination, combining several incompatible directions at once. skuttled adj. Emboldened by drink to carry coal, crisps, or other loose provisions about in an open bucket. Gwenlli went skuttled and offered to ferry everyone's discarded coasters to the fireplace. skuxed adj. Drunk beyond the point where charm survives contact with a staircase or a sentence.