fluffer

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{{Short description|One who keeps a pornographic actor's penis erect on-set}}

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A fluffer is a person employed to keep a porn performer's penis erect on the set.[http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/fluffer "Definition of 'fluffer'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429141411/http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/fluffer |date=29 April 2021 }}. Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 8 May 2015. After setting up the desired angle, the director asks the actors to hold position and calls for the fluffer to "fluff" the actors for the shot. These duties are considered part of the makeup department. While fluffing does not necessarily involve touching the actors, it could entail sexual acts such as fellatio or non-penetrative sex.{{cite web |url=http://www.nerve.com/content/a-lifes-work-this-job-sucks |title=A Life's Work: This Job Sucks |first=Grant |last=Stoddard |date=2 September 2002 |work=Nerve |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220155146/http://www.nerve.com/content/a-lifes-work-this-job-sucks |archive-date=20 February 2012 }}

According to some pornographic actors, including Aurora Snow,{{cite news|url= http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/18/blood-sweat-and-sex-my-hard-life-in-porn.html|title= Blood, Sweat and Sex: My Hard Life in Porn|access-date= 4 March 2014|author= Aurora Snow|author-link= Aurora Snow|date= 18 March 2013|website= The Daily Beast|archive-date= 4 March 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140304165727/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/18/blood-sweat-and-sex-my-hard-life-in-porn.html|url-status= live}} James Deen{{cite magazine|url=http://www.australianpenthouse.com.au/28456/interview-james-deen |title=Interview: James Deen |access-date=4 March 2014 |author=Suzan Ryan |date=25 March 2013 |magazine=Australian Penthouse |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025154752/http://www.australianpenthouse.com.au/28456/interview-james-deen |archive-date=25 October 2013 }} and Keiran Lee,{{cite magazine|url= http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/10-secrets-from-a-male-pornstar|title= 10 Things A Male Pornstar Will Never Tell You|access-date= 6 October 2014|author= Jonathan Stewart|date= 30 April 2014|magazine= Playboy|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006124424/http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/10-secrets-from-a-male-pornstar|archive-date= 6 October 2014}} fluffers are no longer needed, saying that the role might have existed in the past, but disappeared due to medical advancements, such as Viagra and implants, and with advancements in prosthetics.{{Cite web|url=https://thoughtcatalog.com/eric-redding/2015/07/porn-stories-they-dont-want-to-know/|title=22 Industry Insiders And Pornstars Tell The Behind-The-Scenes Secrets Porn Viewers Don't Want To Know (NSFL)|website=Thought Catalog|date=28 July 2015|access-date=2 August 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405163356/https://thoughtcatalog.com/eric-redding/2015/07/porn-stories-they-dont-want-to-know/|url-status=live}} Hunter Skott, who has worked as a fluffer, contended in an interview that they "are only used for a gangbang or bukkake, not for regular [porn] movies".

Predating the pornographic usage, which came into use in the 1970s,{{cite book|title=Ron Jeremy: The Life and Times of a Porn Star|author=Jeremy, R.|year=2009|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=9780061841774|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h3vQJvIWPF8C}}{{cite book|title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins|author=McFedries, P.|year=2008|publisher=Alpha Books|isbn=9781592577811|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zwxmGXmOZqwC}} fluffer has been used by the real estate industry to refer to a person that stages homes{{cite book|title=At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays|author=Fadiman, A.|year=2008|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|isbn=9781429922968|url=https://archive.org/details/atlargeatsmallfa00fadi|url-access=registration}} and as a term for a maid or housekeeper who fluffs pillows, or in general cleans and prepares work equipment.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/video/a-city-sleeps-aka-tube-fluffers|title=A CITY SLEEPS aka TUBE "FLUFFERS" - British Pathé|publisher=britishpathe.com|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195329/http://www.britishpathe.com/video/a-city-sleeps-aka-tube-fluffers|url-status=live}}