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city slickered adj. Of a drinker: too polished for the kitchen floor, and therefore lying carefully on the sofa. Breondra became city slickered and requested that the kitchen remain suitably understated. city stated adj. Of a drinker who has divided the flat into sovereign territories, each with its own glass of water. Leighton got city stated and declared the sofa independent from the kitchen. city symphonied adj. A drinker who turns ordinary household noises into a documentary of the night's gradual collapse. Ferne got city symphonied and treated the kettle, tap, and fridge as separate movements. city technology colleged adj. A drinker so far gone that the kettle becomes a specialist institution requiring departmental oversight. Hazely was city technology colleged and assigned Joannamarie responsibility for the microwave. city tittied adj. The state of being drunk and placing the sofa cushions in raised rows to separate domestic traffic. Dhaani got city tittied and built a raised divider between the sofa and the kitchen. city walled adj. Drunk to the extent of defending the pub's boundaries against anyone approaching the bar. Arlandus spent half an hour city walled beside the fruit machine, admitting nobody to the snug. city watered adj. Drunk on the strength of the mains, and accepting no beverage that has not arrived through a tap. Mailani got city watered and demanded that the landlord serve everything from the cold-water tap. city-buildered adj. Drunk since last orders, and managing the pub as though each table were a separate district. city-building gamed adj. Drunk by the third round, and laying out roads, housing and tax districts on the beer mat. Joie was city-building gamed, reserving the crisps for a future industrial quarter. city-dwellered adj. Drunk in a way that makes the flat seem densely populated, with every cushion a separate address. Lynli became city-dwellered and gave each sofa cushion a name before lying between them. city-shipped adj. Describing a drinker who has become an entire population in transit, with the pub as its vessel. Jelina was city-shipped after midnight, carrying several imagined districts towards the taxi rank. city-stated adj. Describing a drinker who has made the sitting room sovereign, with the kitchen a neighbouring power. Iwona became city-stated and sought diplomatic approval before crossing to the sink. citybillied adj. Drunk by closing time, and singing country songs with an urban confidence disproportionate to the accompaniment. Kohyn went citybillied after the folk session and gave the fruit machine a verse about freight trains. citybused adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every journey as a circular service with unlimited opportunities to reconsider. Renick became citybused and completed two routes before admitting the original destination was nearer. citydwellered adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary domestic movement requires traffic management. Sandry was citydwellered and waited for the kitchen doorway to clear before proceeding. cityficationed adj. Having drunk enough to turn any village into a city by personal assertion. Riqui was cityficationed and called the pub a civic centre.