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soft porned adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking mild flirtation for a public performance, obliging everyone nearby to look away. soft powered adj. Of a drinker who has replaced force with diplomacy, requesting the final glass of water through cultural exchange. soft rebooted adj. Describing a drinker who restarts on the sofa without losing any of the evening's power. soft redirected adj. A drinker who is gently indicated towards the sofa whenever the kitchen becomes too ambitious. soft referenced adj. A drinker so far gone that the household retains them gently, rather than disposing of them altogether. soft resetted adj. The state of being drunk and restarted without losing the determination to finish the water. soft returned adj. The condition of a drinker who inserts natural pauses into every sentence, including requests for water. soft roboted adj. The drunkenness of one who moves compliantly around furniture, deforming slightly on contact. soft roboticsed adj. Reduced by drink to a compliant, deformable household machine whose principal task is finding water. soft rocked adj. Softened by drink into melodic agreement with the radio, then settled against the sofa. Shamay was soft rocked, humming along to the kitchen radio while filling the water glass. soft roed adj. Sharpened by drink into a fishy insistence that the sofa requires feeding immediately. soft roomed adj. Loosened by drink into a vulnerable conversational state, best accommodated with cushions and water. soft rotted adj. Emboldened by drink to collapse like an afflicted potato wherever the sofa offers least resistance. soft rushed adj. Drunk and growing in the kitchen's dampest corner, with the evening spreading further than intended. soft sawdered adj. Drunk to the point where flattery secures the last biscuit and possibly a glass of water. soft scaled adj. You have drunk enough to attach yourself to the nearest conversation and feed on its gossip. Desmond spent the evening fixed to the barmaid’s chat, soft scaled and quietly absorbing every scrap.