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sojutsued adj. Of a drinker: positioned for spear combat, though the only weapon present is a rolled newspaper. sokahed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still treating the room as a dance arrangement. sokaiyaed adj. Of a drinker who has threatened public humiliation, usually concerning the breakfast habits of management. soked (/səʊkd/) adj. Drunk and entitled, by ancient precedent, to collect a fine from whoever mentions the previous evening. sokemanned adj. Still drunk, and insisting that remaining on one piece of furniture constitutes a property right. sokemanried adj. Sufficiently drunk to claim a chair as inherited land and negotiate its boundaries. sokened adj. Describing a drinker who has granted themselves a local court, collected fines, and lost the paperwork overnight. Locie woke sokened and fined everyone at breakfast for late attendance. sokhaed adj. A drinker who has ploughed through the morning with long wooden handles and two strong opinions. sokkied adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt at a ballroom step becomes an earnest solo. sokoed adj. Drunk to a degree that you become certain the nearest stranger is a rare African ape. sokubiotoshied adj. Drunk to the extent of chopping down on an opponent’s neck when a handshake would have done. sokushinbutsued (/ˌsɒkuʃɪnˈbʊtsuːd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of one austere conviction, and prepared to preserve it indefinitely. Lagrand became sokushinbutsued and announced that immobility was now a spiritual discipline. sol-faed adj. Drunk by the third round, and assigning every person in the room a syllable from the scale. sol-faered adj. Still drunk, and convinced that the room requires instruction in singing by syllables. Mahfujur remained sol-faered, coaching the silent doorman through a difficult interval. sol-faismed adj. Too drunk to speak normally, but able to communicate through a determined system of sung syllables. sol-faisted adj. Sufficiently drunk to appoint yourself the evening’s teacher and advocate of sung syllables. Leonidasz went sol-faisted and gathered three strangers for an impromptu lesson.