diff --git a/lib/floor-guard.sh b/lib/floor-guard.sh
index a573fe0..6a35df9 100755
--- a/lib/floor-guard.sh
+++ b/lib/floor-guard.sh
@@ -97,9 +97,15 @@ SUPPRESS_SUBSTRINGS = (
 TS_EXPECT_ERROR = '@ts-expect-error'   # floor-guard: allow pattern table
 
 SKIP_SUBSTRINGS = (
-    '.skip(', '.only(', 'xit(', 'xdescribe(', 'fit(', 'fdescribe(',
-    'it.todo(', '@pytest.mark.skip', '@unittest.skip', 't.Skip(',
+    '.skip(', '.only(', 'it.todo(', '@pytest.mark.skip', '@unittest.skip',
+    't.Skip(',
 )
+# bare Jasmine/Jest focus-or-skip calls (xit/fit/xdescribe/fdescribe); the
+# lookbehind keeps `exit(`, `SystemExit(`, `model.fit(` out (BLK-023).
+SKIP_IDENT_RE = re.compile(r'(?<![A-Za-z0-9_.])(?:xit|fit|xdescribe|fdescribe)\(')
+# shortcut: `def fit(` / `function xit(` still match (space before), `xit (`
+# and `xit.each(` still do not — upgrade path (?<!def )(?<!function ) and
+# (?:\.each)?\s*\(.
 
 STUB_SUBSTRINGS = (
     'not implemented',       # floor-guard: allow pattern table
@@ -186,7 +192,9 @@ def stub_kind(text):
 
 
 def skip_kind(text):
-    return 'SKIP' if any(p in text for p in SKIP_SUBSTRINGS) else None
+    if any(p in text for p in SKIP_SUBSTRINGS):
+        return 'SKIP'
+    return 'SKIP' if SKIP_IDENT_RE.search(text) else None
 
 
 def line_findings(path, lineno, text, test_file):
diff --git a/lib/tests/floor-guard.test.sh b/lib/tests/floor-guard.test.sh
index 423dde4..ccba234 100644
--- a/lib/tests/floor-guard.test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/floor-guard.test.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # lib/tests/floor-guard.test.sh — flip-tests for lib/floor-guard.sh: one RED
-# fixture per KIND, one WAIVED fixture, one CLEAN fixture. Each fixture is a
-# fresh throwaway repo under $WORK (`make test` exports
+# fixture per KIND, one WAIVED fixture, one CLEAN fixture, plus boundary
+# cases for SKIP. Each fixture is a fresh throwaway repo under $WORK
+# (`make test` exports
 # GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=/dev/null; core.hooksPath is also pinned per-repo so a
 # machine-wide hook never fires here). This file itself carries the trigger
 # strings for every kind — the self-run criterion excludes it by pathspec.
@@ -54,6 +55,32 @@ echo "it.skip('later', () => {});" >> "$d/sample.test.js"
 out=$(cd "$d" && bash "$LIB" "$base" 2>&1); rc=$?
 check_kind SKIP "$rc" 2 "$out" 'FLOOR SKIP'
 
+# ── SKIP_EXIT_CLEAN ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+d=$(mk_repo skipexit); base=$(git -C "$d" rev-parse HEAD)
+{
+  echo 'process.exit(1); // sys.exit(1)' # floor-guard: allow flip-test fixture
+  echo 'model.fit(x);' # floor-guard: allow flip-test fixture
+  echo 'const p = profit(1);' # floor-guard: allow flip-test fixture
+} >> "$d/sample.test.js"
+out=$(cd "$d" && bash "$LIB" "$base" 2>&1); rc=$?
+check_kind SKIP_EXIT_CLEAN "$rc" 0 "$out" 'FLOOR GUARD: clean'
+
+# ── SKIP_XIT_FLAGS / SKIP_FIT_FLAGS / SKIP_FDESCRIBE_FLAGS ────────────────
+d=$(mk_repo skipxit); base=$(git -C "$d" rev-parse HEAD)
+echo "  xit('skipped', () => {});" >> "$d/sample.test.js" # floor-guard: allow flip-test fixture
+out=$(cd "$d" && bash "$LIB" "$base" 2>&1); rc=$?
+check_kind SKIP_XIT_FLAGS "$rc" 2 "$out" 'FLOOR SKIP'
+
+d=$(mk_repo skipfit); base=$(git -C "$d" rev-parse HEAD)
+echo "fit('focused', () => {});" >> "$d/sample.test.js" # floor-guard: allow flip-test fixture
+out=$(cd "$d" && bash "$LIB" "$base" 2>&1); rc=$?
+check_kind SKIP_FIT_FLAGS "$rc" 2 "$out" 'FLOOR SKIP'
+
+d=$(mk_repo skipfdescribe); base=$(git -C "$d" rev-parse HEAD)
+echo "fdescribe('focused', () => {});" >> "$d/sample.test.js" # floor-guard: allow flip-test fixture
+out=$(cd "$d" && bash "$LIB" "$base" 2>&1); rc=$?
+check_kind SKIP_FDESCRIBE_FLAGS "$rc" 2 "$out" 'FLOOR SKIP'
+
 # ── DELETED_TEST ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 d=$(mk_repo deleted); base=$(git -C "$d" rev-parse HEAD)
 rm "$d/sample.test.js"