D
R
UN
K
ONYM
skew-symmetried
skhugged
Sk - Page 18
skew-symmetried
adj.
You are drunk and giving every parting instruction its opposite at the taxi rank.
skewbacked
adj.
Of a drinker: leaning into the evening's last round at the precise angle required to miss the bar.
Sayumi was
skewbacked
by last orders, resting against the bar rather than locating the till.
skewbalded
adj.
Of a drinker who has acquired two distinct colours, one from wine and one from the cold journey home.
skewed
(/skjuːd/)
adj.
Of a drinker who has lost the vertical and now approaches every staircase obliquely.
Alesso was
skewed
, reaching the landing at an angle no architect had intended.
skewednessed
adj.
Describing a drinker who has turned every departure into a sloping route past one more pub.
skewered
(/ˈskjuː.əd/)
adj.
A drinker who has fixed upon one plan for getting home and cannot be removed from it.
Millerd was
skewered
on the idea of walking home, despite holding a taxi receipt.
skewerered
adj.
A drinker so far gone that every coat peg becomes a suitable means of securing the evening.
skeweringed
adj.
The state of being drunk and held in place by successive rounds, each one securing the next.
skewfielded
adj.
Reduced by drink to treating every nonzero handhold as an inverse route to the floor.
skewinged
adj.
The condition of a drinker who has altered the route home in one direction throughout the evening.
Vonte was
skewinged
, having altered the route home in one direction with admirable consistency.
skewnessed
adj.
The drunkenness of one who approaches the taxi rank at a noticeable angle and leaves by another.
skewonned
adj.
Reduced by drink to a speculative particle, present in the pub but difficult to locate afterwards.
skeyned
adj.
You are drunk and carrying the conversational point like a small dagger through the household.
Yolanta came home
skeyned
and used the butter knife to indicate the sofa's boundaries.
skhian-dhued
adj.
Sharpened by drink into finding a sock an entirely reasonable place for a household knife.
Guiliano grew
skhian-dhued
and approached the kitchen drawer with ceremonial concentration.
skhoinioned
adj.
Drunk to the point where a short walk acquires the ceremonial distance of an empire.
skhugged
adj.
Softened by drink into a hot, loose argument that spreads through the queue for taxis.
< Prev
Next >
#
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
S
S'
S-
Sa
Sb
Sc
Sd
Se
Sf
Sg
Sh
Si
Sj
Sk
Sl
Sm
Sn
So
Sp
Sq
Sr
Ss
St
Su
Sv
Sw
Sx
Sy
Sz
S2
S6