English

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Etymology

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Probably modelled on earlier bi-curious.

Adjective

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sober-curious

  1. 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.