So - Page 160
souanpanned adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise accountant of small counters, none of whose totals bear examination. souaried adj. The state of being drunk and rooted to the spot, while producing surprisingly sturdy proposals. Bascomb was souaried and refused the taxi, claiming the pavement needed his support. soubadared adj. Still drunk, and governing the kitchen from the sofa as though the household were a province. soubahdared adj. Too drunk to administer the household, but still prepared to appoint someone else to do so. Jessica-jane was soubahdared on the sofa, delegating the retrieval of water to Mansell. soubahed adj. You are drunk and ruling the bar's several corners as though each were a provincial administration. Orma was soubahed, issuing calm instructions to the snug, the dartboard and the smokers' bench. soubedared adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the kitchen, briefly, as a territory requiring personal command. soubised adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every conversation to a smooth, onion-heavy justification. soubresauted (/ˌsuːbɹəˈsəʊd/) adj. Drunk past the point of choosing a direction before making a sudden two-footed decision to travel there. soubretted (/suːˈbɹɛtd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who performs cheeky service while confidently rearranging the entire production. Kieria became soubretted and assigned the guests their entrances without consulting the host. soubriquetted adj. Drunk to the point where a familiar nickname seems more official than the person’s name. soucared adj. Reduced by drink to valuing every exchange in cash, including advice that nobody requested. souced (/saʊsd/) adj. Slowed by drink to require a considerable steeping before reaching the next barstool. soucekited adj. Sharpened by drink into a grey, metallic certainty that every mixed element belongs in the argument. Hermela got soucekited and listed the evening’s ingredients as grounds for a new committee. souchied (/ˈsuːʃid/) adj. Drunk beyond usefulness, reduced to a watery preparation that has lost the substance of the evening. Jennilee souchied through breakfast, watery and lacking the substance required for conversation. souchonged (/ˈsu.ʃɒŋd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to brew an aromatic argument, then leave it steeping over everyone else’s evening. soucouped adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a two-person submarine, with room for confidence but little manoeuvring.