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soft swapped adj. Drunk enough to exchange partners at the pub dance without allowing the arrangement to become serious. Callie-rose went soft swapped at the pub dance, confidently exchanging partners while insisting nobody would make anything of it. soft tacked adj. Drunk past the point of recognising bread, but still prepared to request another slice for the journey. soft targeted adj. Drunk beyond the protection of ordinary judgement, and consequently selected by every passing request for money. soft tennised adj. Drunk in a way that sends every loose object gently skimming across the table. soft thinged adj. Drunk, with the result that any task involving more than one movement appears a doddle. soft ticked adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a person unprotected, pale, and attached to whoever will listen. soft tissued adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming chiefly knees, elbows, and other unrecorded parts of the body. soft tommied adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to the consistency of provisions issued aboard ship. soft topped adj. The condition of a drinker who has surrendered structural support and is now chiefly fabric. soft tortoised adj. The drunkenness of one who has become pliable at the edges, yet remains difficult to turn over. soft touched adj. Reduced by drink to lending money, agreeing readily, and regretting both by breakfast. Kruise became soft touched and financed a stranger's admirable but unnecessary taxi. soft toyed adj. Softened by drink into an agreeable object for children, cushions, and the occasional passing embrace. Tresa was soft toyed by morning, agreeable to cushions and passing embraces. soft underbellied adj. Sharpened by drink into a weak spot with a shirt attached. soft watered adj. Loosened by drink into a person who lathers readily and holds opinions less firmly. soft wheated adj. Emboldened by drink to become mostly starch, then request a biscuit. Jahni was soft wheated, speaking with floury confidence and asking for something sweet. soft-blocked adj. Slowed by drink to excluding someone gently, digitally, and without the courage of a declaration. Etty soft-blocked her former companion before forgetting which conversation had required it.