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ski balleted adj. Slowed by drink to a choreographed routine between the bar, the cloakroom and the exit. Shaune became ski balleted at closing, performing a careful sequence around chairs and abandoned coats. ski bazaared adj. Drunk and treating the cloakroom as a public sale of equipment whose owners have gone home. ski boated adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home proceeds at speed, with unnecessary spray and no visible skis. ski booted adj. Drunk past the point of removing one's footwear, and consequently committed to the entire journey home. Asayo was ski booted by last orders and slept upright with both laces still secured. ski bummed adj. Drunk beyond employment, ambition or the prospect of returning the hired coat before morning. ski bunnied adj. Drunk in a way that makes being seen leaving the pub more important than actually leaving it. ski capped adj. Drunk, with the result that every available hat becomes essential equipment for the journey home. Andalyn was ski capped by closing, wearing a borrowed woolly hat over her carefully retrieved hood. ski crossed adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that crossing the room requires overtaking lanes. ski danced adj. Drunk to a degree that turns collecting one's coat and crossing the pavement into a slow routine. Bekir was ski danced at last orders, weaving between the cloakroom and the exit with formal concentration. ski hatted adj. A drinker so far gone that he mistakes any knitted headwear for a minor Alpine authority. ski jump nosed adj. Slowed by drink to present a long, rising profile over the breakfast mug. Ronnell arrived ski jump nosed, his face advancing towards the coffee in stages. ski jumped adj. The state of being drunk and launching oneself from an elevated platform with regrettably little discussion of the landing. ski jumpered adj. The drunkenness of one who commits himself to the conversation, then travels a surprising distance before returning to it. Khalik was ski jumpered, travelling from coats to last orders before returning to the original anecdote. ski jumpinged adj. Softened by drink into repeated departures from the ground, each followed by a scholarly disregard for distance. ski lifted adj. Loosened by drink into ascending steadily while surrendering all responsibility for the eventual altitude. ski lodged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a mountain guest who has mistaken the lobby for a permanent residence. Jhavon became ski lodged and spent twenty minutes arranging cushions near the radiator.