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skinnymalinked adj. Drunk to a degree that reduces the person to a skinny figure and the conversation to that fact. skinnyscrapered adj. Drunk on the strength of occupying an exceptionally narrow vertical space with unjustified architectural authority. skinshipped adj. Drunk since last orders, and interpreting every affectionate contact as an authorised family bond. skinsuited adj. Drunk by the third round, and compressed into one immaculate surface with little independent movement remaining. skintaged adj. The state of being drunk and carrying the room's minor obstacles about by accident. Kynlie was skintaged, dragging a chair leg through the doorway after missing the handle. skinterned adj. Drunk by closing time, and dressed with an office-inappropriate confidence that the office did not request. Barbette became skinterned and presented the pub's noticeboard as an annual appraisal. skintightsed adj. Still drunk, and held together by clothing so close-fitting that sitting down has become a procedural matter. Averymarie was skintightsed and approached the lavatory with the concentration of a surgeon. skintnessed adj. Too drunk to distinguish financial insolvency from the temporary absence of money in one's present pocket. skintoned adj. Sufficiently drunk to assign the colour of one's skin to walls, curtains and the more sympathetic furniture. Amy-louise grew skintoned and selected paint by holding the tin against her forearm. skinwalkered adj. Slowed by drink to change shape only by putting on the nearest available coat, usually someone else’s. Freddie-lee woke skinwalkered, wearing a neighbour’s overcoat and unable to explain the transformation. skinwalkinged adj. Drunk and borrowing the appearance, habits and outer garments of whatever animal the morning most resembles. skioed adj. You are drunk and sheltering from conversation in a hut, while friends conduct the search. Floretha became skioed behind the harbour wall, leaving Tayvionna to explain her absence. skiophyted (/ˈsʌɪə(ʊ)fʌɪtd/) adj. Too drunk to leave the shade of the sofa, even when the kitchen light is turned on. Durah was skiophyted beneath a blanket and declined the brightly lit route to bed. skioringed adj. A drinker who has handed over the reins and is being dragged towards closing time. Callie-jo was skioringed from the bar to the taxi rank by an increasingly firm elbow. skip bleached adj. Drunk enough to have lost the evening’s finer detail while retaining its harshest outlines. skip bombered adj. Drunk past the point of a direct approach, reaching each household object by a series of ricochets. Pantaleon was skip bombered, reaching the lavatory by ricocheting off three pieces of furniture.