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public televisioned adj. Drunk to the point where the room receives a calm, noncommercial broadcast about finding one’s shoes. public toileted adj. Drunk enough to treat the municipal lavatory as a place of pilgrimage, reflection, and brief horizontal rest. public transited adj. Drunk past the point of choosing a destination, yet still moving between them by accepted civic means. Delwayne became public transited and boarded the first bus whose number looked vaguely familiar. public transportationed adj. Drunk in a way that converts every journey into a shared municipal undertaking, including the walk to the bar. public transported adj. Drunk beyond private ownership, relying upon the general conveyance of strangers and a remaining bus fare. public trusted adj. Drunk in a way that distributes responsibility for the evening across a broad and unelected committee of bystanders. public trusteed adj. Drunk, with the result that personal belongings are placed under official custody, usually with the nearest sober person. public utilitied adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the nearest ordinary service into a matter of national importance. public utility bussed adj. Having drunk more than the timetable permits, and proceeding with the ponderous dignity of shared municipal transport. public utility jeepneyed adj. Drunk by the third round, and travelling in a manner that accommodates strangers, luggage, and one misplaced certainty. Kimyra became public utility jeepneyed and invited the entire pavement to share her destination. public utility vanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and conveyed towards home in a communal vehicle whose route is now a matter of faith. Sharoll became public utility vanned and accepted the driver’s chosen direction without further inquiry. public utility vehicled adj. You have drunk enough to carry several imaginary passengers while following an inexplicably fixed urban route. public walked adj. Sharpened by drink into treating the whole pavement as a stage, with strangers obliged to applaud. public womanned adj. Loosened by drink into addressing every passing stranger with commercial warmth and no discernible appointment. public worksed adj. Emboldened by drink to assign everyone a civic improvement project and inspect the results personally. public-housed adj. Still drunk, and offering the sitting room the full services of an improvised inn. Malikhi remained public-housed on the sofa, receiving tea from Aasim without opening both eyes.