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Fibilance

Fibilants are fricative consonants of medium to low amplitude and pitch, made by directing a stream of air passing through the teeth

It's is a language device, similar to sibilance, however it connotes a different meaning in a different way. Sibilance mostly focuses on the sound itself produced, whereas fibilance mostly focuses on the facial movements from the readers to convey emotion
Person 1 - "This author uses many 'f's' in this sentence, what could the language device be?"
Person 2 - "It's fibilance"
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Fibilance

A literary device and figure of speech in which a fictive sound is created in a group of words through the repeated ‘f’ sounds.
An example of fibilance is “The flowing flakes that flock” Wilfred Owen- Exposure.
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sibilance

Sibilance is the sound someone makes when saying words that make the tongue push air through the front of the teeth, such as "zip" "jeep" "ship" and "chip". It can also refer to the non-word sounds that someone would make when getting someone's attention ("Ssst!") or telling one to be quiet ("shhhh!").
The sibilance in her voice is very pronounced.
by joe blows snow ho September 22, 2013
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fabulance

Noun: Basically just a pink ambulance, used in every city to aid rich women who have broken something, can be anything, even a phone.
"Oh no! Amanda has broken a nail! Quick, call a fabulance!
by NinjaTunass February 7, 2015
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sibilance

The noise a queef makes.
As I went down on your mom, a soft sibilance escaped her vaginal cavity, wetly spattering me across me cheeks. So I slapped the bitch.
by Tommy Wommy Womsters September 17, 2003
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fubulance

Fubulance has been developed to express your love and admiration for somebody.
ie, when writing a greetings card you could sign it, all my hugs, kisses and Fubulance, from ....
by Janeycakes and Sarah P May 11, 2006
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sibilance

Check, check 1. Check, check 2, sibilance, siblilance.
by Cath0de August 24, 2003
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