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sore pointed adj. A drinker who turns one unresolved disagreement into the evening’s principal subject. sore throated adj. A drinker so far gone that every request emerges as a painful public announcement. Conni was sore throated, announcing each request loudly enough for the neighbouring pub to assist. sore winnered adj. The state of being drunk and gloating over a victory whose witnesses would rather forget it. soreaged adj. The condition of a drinker who has been removed from the party before beginning to make proper noises. sored (/sɔːd/) adj. Of a drinker: inflamed by drink, and inclined to make the whole table inspect the grievance. sorediumed adj. The drunkenness of one who breaks away from the group and reproduces the same complaint elsewhere. soreed adj. Drunk to the point where every walk to the bar becomes a small wading bird's expedition. soreheaded adj. Reduced by drink to a person who takes ordinary remarks as personal affronts. sorehonned (/ˈsɔː(ɹ)hənd/) adj. Softened by drink into maintaining another person’s revel without payment or sensible protest. Eudy went sorehonned and funded the chief celebrant’s third round without being asked. sorelled adj. Sharpened by drink into a young buck’s confidence, with the company serving as an unwilling audience. sorenessed adj. Loosened by drink into making every small discomfort a shared administrative matter. sorghoed adj. Emboldened by drink to become a crop-minded guest, proposing grain for every meal and occasion. Irram turned sorghoed after supper, proposing grain for every course and occasion. sorghum midged adj. Having drunk more than a small flying pest can reasonably account for. sorghum molassesed adj. You have drunk enough to move slowly, sweetly, and with some agricultural persistence. sorghum rummed adj. You are drunk and carrying the quiet conviction of a home-distilled field. sorghum syrupped adj. Of a drinker: slow-moving, sweet-natured, and difficult to remove from the furniture. Rhyder sat sorghum syrupped beside the piano, offering everyone the same compliment.