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(phonetics, phonology) A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(phonetics, phonology) A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.

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  • “So, anyone who so much as makes a thought bubble with the Palestinian flag in it gets arrested for anti semitic hate but this shit is just OK when the target is fronting a political party? Kinda seems like it was never about confronting anti semitism at all...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “He's fronting for the people who will willfully ignore that.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “sometimes i call @laikahyacinth.bsky.social my "fractal" when i'm not sure who's fronting and i just want to express my love for the system as a whole... 🖤❤️”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Few more things I forgot- DO: ✅Invite me to room parties! ✅Ask who is fronting! DONT: ❌Touch me anywhere I'm not comfortable with ❌Mention my physical appearance (Im still not fully satisfied with it) - The Penrose Forest System”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “"I'm a human being, I'm not perfect." Whilst some politicians swerve questions, Polanski is fronting up to his shortcomings and mistakes.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(linguistics) An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.

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  • “Yep, it's all the press! The fact that Labour have been fronting a ton of cruel and hateful policies that have gone down like a bucket of cold sick obviously played zero role in their losses.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(phonology) A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.

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  • “So saying, he slowly moved to the other side of the inclosure, and took up a position fronting the dead-wall.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Truly great writing going on at LGB Christians* *transphobic org fronting as a gay Christian group, whose page I'm not going to share but you can google them if you really want”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Now I *really* want to see a current pic. I realized in hindsight that I should have looked up the actor's name but then reassured myself that it would have been fronting and my whole thing is keeping it 💯.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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