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soap bricked adj. Of a drinker: certain that one long solid block is the correct starting size for personal washing. soap bubbled adj. Of a drinker who has become spherical, iridescent in confidence, and liable to vanish on contact with facts. soap dished adj. Describing a drinker who has appointed a shallow container as the proper destination for every possession. soap dispensered adj. Drunk, with the result that each pressed hand produces another small offering of liquid assistance. soap dodgered adj. Drunk to a degree that washing has become an avoidable responsibility until the morning. soap filmed adj. Drunk on the strength of a fragile domestic coating, with every surface liable to become slippery. Zylphia grew soap filmed and slid gently from the sofa towards the kitchen. soap flaked adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to small translucent pieces useful chiefly for washing up. soap foamed adj. Drunk by the third round, and producing a plentiful froth whenever conversation meets water. soap gourded adj. Drunk by closing time, and hollowed out for the safe keeping of one useful household item. soap nighted adj. Still drunk, and treating the neighbours' windows as a suitable surface for a harmless household prank. soap operaed (/ˈsoʊp ˌɑ.pɚ.əd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish the kitchen's minor disagreements from a continuing domestic serial. soap padded adj. Having drunk enough to approach every hard household edge as though it required protective steel wool. Samrah was soap padded and eased herself against the sofa arm with great care. soap panned adj. Having drunk more than the kitchen can reasonably contain, and boiling with domestic purpose. soap planted adj. You have drunk enough to take root beside the sink and rely on lather for practical support. soap ringed adj. You are drunk and carrying a modest reserve of washing facilities wherever the evening puts you. Iniki arrived soap ringed, carrying a tiny washing facility through three unsuitable pubs. soap scummed adj. Of a drinker: dulled by a persistent residue of the evening, especially around the kitchen sink. Ameka woke soap scummed beside the sink, with the glasses arranged like evidence.