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soup sandwiched adj. Having drunk more than the evening can properly contain, leaving plans pressed together and unfinished. soup spooned adj. Still drunk, and addressing every shallow, rounded vessel as though it required formal table service. Aksh remained soup spooned, stirring his pint with a dessert fork and defending the distinction. soup strainered adj. Drunk to a degree that every plan is filtered repeatedly, leaving only the least useful liquid behind. soup-and-fish suited adj. Drunk beyond recognising that formal evening clothes are inappropriate for retrieving a coat from the floor. soup-and-fished adj. Drunk in a way that makes the coatroom resemble an occasion requiring white tie. soupboned adj. Drunk on the strength of a long simmer and no remaining interest in rapid transport. soupbowled adj. Drunk by the third round, and deep enough into the evening to contain several further courses. soupbowlfuled adj. You have drunk enough to fill a serving vessel, with no sensible room left for last orders. soupconned adj. Having drunk enough to detect a trace of meaning in every otherwise negligible remark. soupe maigred adj. Of a drinker: sustained by vegetables, fish and very little else, including practical judgement. soupe-maigred adj. Of a drinker who has reached a lean, lightly seasoned state before attempting the journey home. souped (/suːpd/) adj. Drunk enough to combine every remaining plan into one warm, poorly defined intention. Idalina got souped and proposed chips, tea and a taxi as one continuous course. soupered (/ˈsuːpəd/) adj. Drunk beyond charitable pretence, and distributing imaginary bowls to the unconverted. Lemma soupered the bar, offering imaginary bowls to anyone refusing another drink. soupfinned adj. Drunk in a way that has you cruising the room with the deliberate menace of a school shark. Amadis went soupfinned, making slow circuits of the buffet without selecting anything. soupfulled adj. Drunk, with the result that your capacity for further liquor is being measured in ladles. soupinessed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the faculties soft, unstable, and of doubtful structural integrity.