sober-curious
English
editEtymology
editProbably modelled on earlier bi-curious.
Adjective
edit- Habitually drinking alcohol, but interested in becoming teetotal or in drinking less alcohol.
- 2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post[1]:
- 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.