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soberversary

UK/ˌsəʊ.bə(ɹ)ˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/US/ˌsoʊ.bɚˈvɝs(ə)ɹi/

soberversary noun: the anniversary of a person's sobriety.

Noun

soberversary (plural soberversaries)

  1. The anniversary of a person's sobriety.
    • And some of the golden ones even remember my soberversary and send me congratulations every year.2017 December 28, Catherine Gray, The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, Octopus, →ISBN
    • The second man I dated was Luca, who I also found on Tinder; we went our sometime around my one-year soberversary. Again, I didn't tell this man that I didn't drink before we went out; I just didn't drink on our first date, and that led to an easy and natural conversation about sobriety.2019 December 31, Holly Whitaker, “What Do You Do for Fun If You Dont Drink?”, in Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol, Random House Publishing Group...

Examples of soberversary in a sentence

  • She checked in to the sobriety group, remembering belatedly that his was her two-month soberversary.2020 October 1, Sue Woolley, One Foot in Front of the Other: The most heartwarming and life-affirming story you'll read all year . . ....
  • Your Soberversary A very little-known perk of sobriety is that you get to add a whole new celebration to the calendar – your sober anniversary!2021 January 14, Millie Gooch, The Sober Girl Society Handbook: An empowering guide to living hangover free, Random House, →ISBN:
  • The few who really got it, who remembered my soberversary, who […]2021 February 4, Stylist Magazine, Life Lessons On Friendship: 13 Honest Tales of the Most Important Relationships of Our Lives, Penguin...
  • Soberversary: anniversary of a person's sobriety.2022 January 4, Nicole Cox Murray, Tammie Cox, Don't Drink Like My Sister: The Sober Sisters Guide to Leveling up and Living Your Best...

Forms of soberversary

pluralsoberversaries

Origin of soberversary

Blend of sober + anniversary.

Questions about soberversary

What does soberversary mean?
Soberversary means the anniversary of a person's sobriety.
How do you use soberversary in a sentence?
She checked in to the sobriety group, remembering belatedly that his was her two-month soberversary.
What part of speech is soberversary?
Soberversary is a noun.
How do you pronounce soberversary?
Soberversary is pronounced /ˌsəʊ.bə(ɹ)ˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of soberversary?
The plural of soberversary is soberversaries.

Words near soberversary in the dictionary

  1. sobersided
  2. sobersidedness
  3. sobersides
  4. Soberton
  5. soberversaries
  6. soberversary
  7. Sobey
  8. Sobeys
  9. sobfest
  10. sobfests
  11. sobful

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