sibilance

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sibilance

noun sibilances

countable, uncountable The quality of being sibilant: a hissing quality. The Pet Shop Boys are yet another synth-pop duo, albeit one that is not quite out of the closet. […] In past interviews, however, they [the Pet Shop Boys] have referred to their sound as "specifically gay disco," and their lyrics have that certain queenly something that lead singer Neil Tennant sing

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@misc{sibilance_2026,
  title = {sibilance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sibilance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}