Sounds to me like it ought to be the opposite of “lubricant”. I guess not.
The first phonetics word!
affricate, n.
Phonetics.
A close combination of an explosive consonant or ‘stop’ with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding position, as in Ger. pf, z (= ts). Also called affricative.
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Listening to: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – Trouble Is… – 11 – Chase the Rainbow
via FoxyTunes
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