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    [Noun]  | "so*bri*ety" | \ sə-ˈbrī-ə-tē \


    1: the quality or state of being sober


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English sobrete, from Anglo-French sobreté, from Latin sobrietat-, sobrietas, from sobrius;

    [Noun]  | "sobriety" 


    1: a mental state free of jesting or trifling;


      * e.g., " ... an abrupt sobriety fell over the group when they heard the news "





    2: voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites;


      * e.g., " ... although she can afford to wear anything, she practices a sartorial sobriety that bespeaks class and taste "





     [ "sobriety" ]

    1: the state in which everything sucks.

      * e.g.,  ... "fuck man, this sobriety thing bites...i can remember everything, and walk...and speak clearly!" 

     [ "sobriety" ]

    1: what the police check when they stop you....

      * e.g.,  ... Policeman talking: 

     [ "Sobriety" ]

    1: What you suffer from lack of alcohol. Symptoms are such things as remembering where you live, walking straight, being able to have a conversation without breaking down into fits of laughter, etc...

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, i haven't had a drink in three hours... i'm starting to get symptoms of sobriety 

     [ "Sobriety" ]

    1: A brain left to decide without influences.

      * e.g.,  ... "A drunk man's words may be a sober man's thoughts, but the thought to keep one's mouth shut isn't makes sobriety not the worst thing." 

     [ "Sobriety" ]

    1: That thing you do when you’re grieving someone,- traditional in American Indian cultures or just a way of living.

      * e.g.,  ... Today I walked into a AA meeting house on “accident” and they gave me a charge on my phone when I needed it most. They welcomed me in, it was a men’s center, I took care of myself. It reminded me of my father, I had a coming to god and I remembered why I was being sober, it’s hard though, sobriety. I love you. 

     [ "Sobriety" ]

    1: A word that means whatever you want it to mean. A word that has changed meaning throughout time. A word that people use to make others feel inferior. A unicorn of words.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: How's your sobriety going? 

     [ "Sobriety" ]

    1: The state that is achieved (for instance) on monday about 2:30pm > 5:30pm, either at work or driving home, when you realizse that the headache you've had all day was a warning to your body that all the fun you had over the weekend had to finnish with the realization that it might not have been the best idea in the world to zip-tie your best friend, naked, to that cow (common milk or heafer will do) just before you superglued (him/her) to that riot wagon.

      * e.g.,  ... ITS A FUKIN COW DUDE, if you poke it, it will come,,,--- 

     [ "not sobriety" ]

    1: A state of being not drunk but not sober

      * e.g.,  ... "We left the bar in a state of not sobriety." 

     [ "Sobriety Dysphoria" ]

    1: so·bri·e·ty dys·pho·ri·a /səˈbrīədē disˈfôrēə/ A state of unease or generalized dissatisfaction with being sober

      * e.g.,  ... I'ma call the plug. My Sobriety Dysphoria is really acting up today. 

     [ "Sobriety Divide" ]

    1: The real or imagined social/metaphysical distance between the intoxicated and the sober.

      * e.g.,  ... The officer struggled to divine the driver's mumblings. She could not translate his words or intentions, the sobriety divide was too vast. 

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