User:Drjimmelling

Bilabial frication

A polite word of latin derivation to describe what would more commonly be referred to in English as "a fart" or "passing gas" or for example as "ein auspuff" in German or in French "un pet"

Bilabial
referring to: "The airstream mechanism is egressive,...it is articulated by pushing air out of..":

Frication
referring to: "Fricatives...are...produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together......This turbulent airflow is called frication."

Used together, and with just a little imagination, it is easy to politely refer to "a fart", "un pet"(French) or "ein auspuff"(German) as a "bilabial frication" while expressing a correct physiological understanding of this most natural of bodily processes in terms that will be understood forever.