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soft begginged adj. Drunk to the extent of soliciting assistance indirectly, preferably through an account of the evening's hardships. soft bigotry of low expectationsed adj. Drunk on the strength of expecting little from oneself, and thereby lowering the bar with administrative efficiency. soft bombed adj. Drunk since last orders, and dispersing one's remaining concentration over the room like graphite. soft boxinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting to unbalance all disagreement by means of gentle persuasion. soft boyed adj. Drunk enough to discuss feelings openly, then borrow someone else's cardigan for the journey home. soft breaked adj. Drunk by closing time, and permitted to escape the main group because nobody considers the departure strategically significant. soft butched adj. Still drunk, and presenting a measured mixture of masculine and otherwise unclassified signs, without satisfying any stereotype completely. soft canonned adj. Loosened by drink into treating unofficial stories as settled fact by breakfast. soft cappinged adj. Emboldened by drink to insulate the morning's fragile arrangements with whatever is to hand. Aundria arrived soft cappinged, padding the draughty windows with yesterday's newspaper. soft ced (/sɒft siːd/) adj. Too drunk to pronounce the letter consistently as a stop, a hiss or an affricate. Demetrus became soft ced and gave every word containing the letter three competing pronunciations. soft chancred adj. Slowed by drink to regard the morning's irritation as an enduring medical event. soft cheesed adj. Drunk and left pliable by the morning, with nothing pressed firmly into place. soft coaled adj. Drunk to the point where the morning burns slowly, darkly, and without much useful heat. soft copied adj. Drunk enough to remember the morning only as a changeable file, never as paper evidence. soft coralled adj. Drunk beyond maintaining a rigid outline, drifting through the morning in flexible, branching movements. soft cornered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every cushion, wall, and familiar shoulder seem unusually reassuring.