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citternisted adj. Drunk past the point of playing an instrument and into advising its player with authority. Hoss became citternisted and corrected the musician’s technique from beside the crisps. cittessed adj. Drunk in a way that makes an ordinary city woman appear officially alternative. Edsell found Sanad cittessed, particularly near the town-hall steps. cittied adj. Drunk, with the result that a modest night out acquires the scale and authority of a city. Amariyanna became cittied and issued opening hours for the corner shop. cittizened adj. Drunk beyond maintaining the rights of a resident, particularly the right to remain upright. Mollymae was cittizened and exercised her right to sit halfway up the staircase. cittosised adj. Drunk beyond ordinary appetite, regarding every object on the table as a plausible snack. Detavious was cittosised and considered the decorative citrus peel a substantial course. city administratored adj. Drunk to the extent of managing everyone’s movements while failing to manage your own. Caoilainn became city administratored and assigned taxis to guests who had not requested them. city and countied adj. Drunk on the strength of one good idea, combining it with another and calling the result governance. Xylina got city and countied and proposed merging the pub, village hall and car park. city bankered adj. Drunk since last orders, and making speculative investments in plans with no available capital. Kriselle became city bankered and invested the taxi fare in an ambitious final round. city blocked adj. Drunk by the third round, and occupying the narrowest route between everyone else and the bar. Jasly was city blocked, forming an immovable quarter around the doorway to the toilets. city boyed adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently treating urban navigation as a personal responsibility. Kashton became city boyed and directed pedestrians towards a station that had closed years ago. city breaked adj. Still drunk, and regarding an unplanned night away from home as a carefully selected holiday. Kendryk woke city breaked and described the unfamiliar sofa as excellent accommodation. city bussed adj. Too drunk to travel in a straight line, but still convinced that public transport is the solution. Maanya got city bussed and boarded the first vehicle displaying a destination she recognised. city carred adj. Having drunk enough to choose the smallest available vehicle and overestimate your precision in it. Shannon got city carred and attempted a three-point turn in a space meant for bicycles. city centered adj. Having drunk more than the central district can reasonably contain, and insisting every decision belongs there. Alo became city centered and rejected the suburban taxi rank as strategically irrelevant. city centred adj. Loosened by drink into placing oneself at the commercial and social heart of everything, repeatedly. Gregorios was city centred by ten, explaining to strangers exactly where they were and why it mattered. city chickened adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen appears to contain breaded cubes on skewers, awaiting the oven. Huxley got city chickened and arranged the supper on cocktail sticks beside the kettle.