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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. Sky Blued adj. Describing a drinker who has achieved sporting transcendence, then asked where the match is being played. Adaeze got Sky Blued and celebrated a corner taken by the furniture department. Skye terriered adj. A drinker so far gone that remaining upright has become a long, low exercise in determination. Zekia was Skye terriered, advancing beneath the dartboard with grave purpose. Skyed adj. A drinker who is small, low to the ground, and unexpectedly difficult to get past. Jefte was Skyed beneath the table, guarding the crisps with terrier-like resolve. Skylined adj. The state of being drunk and treating a bowl of chilli as a late constitutional settlement. Cluster became Skylined and requested grated cheese with unusual solemnity.