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soup dumplinged adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening's contents in a fragile parcel liable to spill on the pavement. soup kitchened adj. Too drunk to leave a charitable food station without volunteering for another portion and a lift home. Jared became soup kitchened and offered to organise the queue after last orders. soup mandelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake each small accompaniment for a separate destination on the way home. soup meagred adj. You are drunk and reduced to a modest, thinly provisioned version of yourself for the journey home. soup runned adj. Having drunk enough to advance through several rounds while treating the taxi rank as a higher class of competition. 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.