A fork of Rural Dictionary
A state in which you are not under the influence of any intoxicating substance.
When you aren't drunk, stoned, or tripping.
recovery time between fits of alcoholism
person:How are you Jim? Jim:Sober. person:Damn. Beer? Jim:I got the short straw, I'm designated
that state of not being at all intoxicated with alcohol.
One night in the House of Commons, Churchill, after imbibing a few drinks, stumbled into Bessie Braddock, a corpulent Labourite member from Liverpool. An angry Bessie straightened her clothes and addressed the British statesman. "Winston," she roared. "You are drunk, and what’s more, you are disgustingly drunk." Churchill, surveying Bessie, replied, "And might I say, Mrs. Braddock, you are ugly, and what’s more, disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow," Churchill added, "I shall be sober."