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soft nosed adj. Having drunk enough to approach every obstacle gently, as though it might detonate. soft openinged adj. You have drunk enough to inaugurate every cupboard quietly, without troubling to announce the enterprise. soft ordnanced adj. Drunk by closing time, and deploying the evening's gentler explosives against the sofa cushions. soft palated adj. Still drunk, and speaking from somewhere behind the roof of the mouth, usually over a glass of water. soft paraffinned adj. Too drunk to distinguish the glass of water from the surface it has quietly coated. soft paywalled adj. Sufficiently drunk to allow limited access to the kitchen, provided each visitor pays in crisps. soft pedalled (/ˈsɒf(t)ˌpɛdl̩d/) adj. Having drunk enough to dampen every household disagreement before it reaches the sofa. soft photonned adj. Having drunk more than the room can detect, and moving through the kitchen as a faint associated cloud. Vannida was soft photonned, present near the kettle but producing no measurable activity. soft pined adj. You have drunk enough to become a pliable coniferous presence beside the sofa, quietly awaiting spring. Ordean soft pined beside the sofa, pliable and coniferous while friends waited for spring or a taxi. soft played adj. Of a drinker who has become padded in manner, with progress reduced to slides and ball pits. soft pointed adj. You are drunk and domestic, with a softened tip directed towards the nearest glass of water. Jermonte was soft pointed, indicating the water jug with one unsteady but persuasive finger. soft porned adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking mild flirtation for a public performance, obliging everyone nearby to look away. soft powered adj. Of a drinker who has replaced force with diplomacy, requesting the final glass of water through cultural exchange. soft rebooted adj. Describing a drinker who restarts on the sofa without losing any of the evening's power. soft redirected adj. A drinker who is gently indicated towards the sofa whenever the kitchen becomes too ambitious. soft referenced adj. A drinker so far gone that the household retains them gently, rather than disposing of them altogether.