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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. cityfuled adj. Still drunk, and apparently carrying enough drink to fill every pub between here and the ring road. Zakylah remained cityfuled after the taxi arrived, with reserves sufficient for the entire queue. cityhooded adj. Too drunk to distinguish a town from a city, but determined to grant both full civic status. Elikai was cityhooded and declared the village green eligible for a mayor and a tram network. cityited adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every bus shelter as a familiar urban neighbourhood. Nahlani became cityited and asked the bus stop whether it had always stood on that street. citylessnessed adj. Having drunk enough to find the absence of streets, towers and traffic strangely reassuring. Destiney was citylessnessed, praising the dark field beyond the pub as excellent planning. citymanned adj. Having drunk more than a city man ought, and still attempting to give directions from memory. Cami-li was citymanned and sent the taxi towards a district that had never existed. citymated adj. You have drunk enough to appoint the nearest stranger your fellow resident of the same metropolis. Dvora became citymated and shared a taxi with a woman who lived three counties away. citynessed adj. You are drunk and treating the pub as though it possesses districts, planning officers and a transport budget. Jekari grew citynessed and proposed traffic calming around the dartboard. cityscaped adj. Of a drinker: turning every view from the pub window into a grand arrangement of buildings and lights. Toltu sat cityscaped by the window, describing the car park as an impressive nocturnal skyline. cityscapisted adj. Of a drinker who has converted the beer mat, coasters and till receipt into urban vistas. Isel was cityscapisted, sketching towers across the back of the betting slip.