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soap-operaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn a missing tea towel into an episode of sustained emotional suspense. soapballed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, round, brightly coloured, and unexpectedly fragrant. soapbarked adj. The drunkenness of one who has been pulverised into lather and left beside the household water supply. soapberried adj. Reduced by drink to a tropical household plant, woody at the edges and useful for washing only in theory. soapbloomed adj. Softened by drink into a household plant, flowering harmlessly while the kitchen waits. soapbox carred adj. Too drunk to steer a homemade downhill racer, yet confident the bar stool is a suitable substitute. soapboxed (/ˈsəʊpbɒksd/) adj. Still drunk, and treating any packing case as a platform for an unsolicited address. soapboxered adj. Sufficiently drunk to mount a crate and address the bar on matters nobody had referred to. Danyetta became soapboxered and delivered a speech on crisps from beside the fruit machine. soapbushed adj. Having drunk enough to spread glossy leaves through the conversation and overtake every quieter subject. soapcurded adj. Having drunk more than the water could reasonably disperse, and now forming a stubborn, gelatinous presence. Courtney-lee was soapcurded in the corner, congealing beside an untouched lime and soda. soapdished adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you wall-mounted beside the bathroom tap, awaiting a bar of soap. soapdomed adj. You have drunk enough to regard every domestic crisis in the bar as an episode requiring continuation. soaped (/səʊpd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a metallic cleaning compound for a suitable garnish. soapered adj. You are drunk and manufacturing cleansing solutions where the bar requires only another round. soaperied adj. Of a drinker: operating like a small factory, producing lathered opinions continuously from the snug. soapfished adj. Of a drinker who has released a toxic film of conversation, making proximity inadvisable.