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skeleton shrimped adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a slender, thread-like figure reaching for the bar towel. Kwajo skeleton shrimped towards the bar towel, reduced to a thread-like figure by the third round. skeleton staffed adj. Drunk by closing time, and operating with the minimum personnel required to locate a taxi. skeleton suited adj. Still drunk, and dressed with historical formality for the wholly ordinary business of eating toast. Karthikeya remained skeleton suited, appearing ceremonially dressed while searching for toast. skeleton watched adj. Sharpened by drink into explaining the visible workings of every watch to whoever is still listening. skeletoneered adj. Loosened by drink into taking the fastest route through the room, while friends provided the track. skeletonisationed adj. Emboldened by drink to strip every gathering down to its bare essentials, including people who objected. skeletonisered adj. Drunk and leaving every conversation stripped to its framework, with the softer details consumed first. skeletonizationed adj. Slowed by drink to identifying the structure of every conversation only after everyone else had left. skeletonizered adj. Drunk to the point where every group leaves you with its social foliage removed and its connections exposed. Ayreona became skeletonizered and identified the hidden alliances at the table before dessert. skeletonned (/ˈskɛlətənd/) adj. Drunk and providing structural support for the wall, which has not requested it. skeletonweeded adj. Drunk enough to spread through a gathering while leaving each conversation oddly bare behind you. skelled adj. Drunk past the point of remaining indoors, and making the nearest underground station everyone else's concern. Jerona was skelled before midnight, so Rigo accompanied her towards the last train. skellet belled adj. Drunk beyond responding to the evening's end, requiring a quiet announcement and several willing attendants. Jayvn was skellet belled on the sofa, while Vishesh informed the remaining guests that proceedings were over. skelleted adj. The state of being drunk and treating the fireplace pan as a ceremonial vessel, then burning the supper. skellied (/ˈskɛlid/) adj. Drunk to the extent of viewing every person present through one narrowing eye. skellingtonned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you resembling a storybook apparition to everyone asked to get you home.