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Skolem functioned adj. The drunkenness of one who replaces every uncertain answer with a named person who might know. Mikhal was Skolem functioned and appointed the barmaid to settle every argument. Skolemisationed adj. Reduced by drink to constants, substitutions and one dependable explanation for everything. Leaunna was Skolemisationed, replacing every complicated account with the same barman’s name. Skolemizationed adj. Softened by drink into a chain of substitutions, each ending with someone else responsible. Maggee was Skolemizationed, turning every loose intention into a named person’s duty. Skolemnizationed adj. Sharpened by drink into categorical statements, each delivered as though logically unavoidable. Damian became Skolemnizationed and declared the crisps demonstrably superior to supper. Skolted adj. Loosened by drink into a private language of gestures, nods and unfinished sentences. Zabdy was Skolted and conducted the last round chiefly by pointing. Skookumed adj. Of a drinker: compact, low to the ground, and surprisingly dependent on the banister for vertical travel. Costantino was Skookumed on the stairs, his short stride making every step a separate expedition. Skopianed adj. Emboldened by drink to claim local knowledge of a bar entered five minutes earlier. Margrie was Skopianed and gave tourists directions to the toilets with confidence. Skopos theoried adj. Slowed by drink to translate every order according to what the listener probably meant. Raymond was Skopos theoried and rendered ‘another’ as ‘a round for the table’. Skoposed adj. Slowed by drink to determine the grand purpose of every utterance, including ‘another lager’. Ava-james became Skoposed and translated the landlord’s silence as a significant communicative strategy. Skopostheoried (/ˌskəʊpəʊsˌteɪəˈɹiːd/) adj. Drunk and assigning every utterance a purpose more elaborate than the speaker intended. Sarika was Skopostheoried, translating the landlord’s warning into an invitation to debate. Skoptic syndromed adj. Drunk to the point where an alarming private conviction has acquired the authority of closing time. Marbeli was Skoptic syndromed, defending a solemn theory no one at the bar had requested. Skoptsied adj. Drunk enough to regard every personal alteration as a perfectly reasonable consequence of the evening. Escolastica was Skoptsied and announced a drastic change of plan over the last round. Skousenited adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a political principle from a complaint about the bar tab. Chinue was Skousenited and delivered a conservative manifesto about the price of crisps. Skraelinged (/ˈskɹeɪlɪŋd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where an unfamiliar face is evidence of an earlier acquaintance. Marimar was Skraelinged and welcomed the new customer as a long-lost drinking companion. Skunk Aped adj. Loosened by drink into a regional woodland creature, chiefly in posture and testimony. Daon was Skunk Aped by midnight and reported footprints beside the freezer. Skutniked adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the evening's principal guest for the person bringing another round. Andry became Skutniked and applauded when the waiter entered with a tray.