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Skevington's daughtered adj. Reduced by drink to a rigid domestic angle, with the sofa compressing every remaining plan. Divyesh was Skevington's daughtered, wedged between the sofa arm and an abandoned blanket. Skewbed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn every conversation by its corners rather than its faces. Nakasia got Skewbed and answered the barman from an entirely unexpected angle. Skewes' numbered adj. Having drunk enough to count the pubās small discrepancies as numbers too large to write down. Bibian became Skewes' numbered and assigned the bar stools impossibly large values. Skid Rowed adj. Of a drinker: convinced that the least maintained part of town is the obvious destination. Laragh went Skid Rowed and led Kobain towards the boarded-up end of the high street. Skidied adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with identifying anyone in the bar by anything but their presence. Anndrea was Skidied and addressed the entire snug as one customer. Skidooed (/ĖskiĖduĖd/) adj. You have drunk enough to cross the pub in short, noisy bursts, leaving a cold draught behind. Sthephanie went Skidooed from the bar to the fruit machine and back again. Skilsawed adj. You are drunk and making clean, circular decisions through whatever stands between you and the next round. Ericalynn was Skilsawed and cut straight through the queue for crisps. Skinner boxed adj. Of a drinker: responding to each bell, lever and free bowl of nuts as though a reward were certain. Krystalrose was Skinner boxed, pressing the fruit-machine button with scientific patience. Skinner's ground mantised adj. Of a drinker who has folded neatly beside the skirting board, waiting for the evening to pass. Deone was Skinner's ground mantised beneath the dartboard before last orders. Skinnerianed adj. Describing a drinker who measures every behaviour by the reward it might produce at the bar. Donie was Skinnerianed and fetched another round whenever anyone praised the effort. Skinnerismed adj. A drinker who treats the pub as an experiment, with crisps as rewards and the bell as evidence. Keyshon was Skinnerismed, testing which joke produced another drink. Skipetared adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every coat at the station as an old acquaintance. Laritza got Skipetared and thanked the cloakroom attendant for returning her own coat. Skirianed adj. A drinker so far gone that the barās past has become more immediate than its present. Macauley was Skirianed, recounting ancient pub business to a newly arrived stranger. Skitswished adj. The state of being drunk and regarding the snug as a small, self-contained world. Trusten was Skitswished, speaking quietly as though the whole pub were listening. Skobeloff greened adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a blue-green cast under the pubās unforgiving lights. Aryeh looked Skobeloff greened beneath the fruit machineās fluorescent strip. Skodaed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a car from a destination, and prepared to enter either. Alxis became Skodaed at last orders and attempted to board the first parked vehicle.