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sober-curious

sober-curious adjective: habitually drinking alcohol, but interested in becoming teetotal or in drinking less alcohol.

Adjective

sober-curious

  1. Habitually drinking alcohol, but interested in becoming teetotal or in drinking less alcohol.
    • Nonalcoholic beer is having a renaissance. Booze-free cocktails are all the rage. But wine, that most rarefied of libations, has been a little slower to the sober-curious party.2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post

Origin of sober-curious

Probably modelled on earlier bi-curious.

Questions about sober-curious

What does sober-curious mean?
Sober-curious means habitually drinking alcohol, but interested in becoming teetotal or in drinking less alcohol.
What part of speech is sober-curious?
Sober-curious is an adjective.

Words near sober-curious in the dictionary

  1. sober living house
  2. sober living houses
  3. sober space
  4. sober spaces
  5. sober up
  6. sober-curious
  7. Soberano
  8. Soberanos
  9. sobered
  10. sobered down
  11. sobered up

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