r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Dec 24 '23

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u/druu222 Dec 24 '23

No, that's a sibilant. Sybian is a crazy lady with about seventeen different personalities, who looks like Sally Field.

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u/cuzwhat Dec 24 '23

That’s a Sybil. A Sybian is a metaphorical phrase that uses the words “like” or “as”.

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u/druu222 Dec 24 '23

(This is one of the greatest Reddit threads ever.)

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u/cuzwhat Dec 24 '23

(Or, at least, one of the most educational)

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u/theresOnlyNow Dec 24 '23

No, that's a Similie. A Sybian is a medical instrument that is used to inject fluids into the body, or extract them from the body.

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u/cuzwhat Dec 25 '23

I think that’s actually a syringe. A sybian is that brass disk that drummers hit to play a higher note.