FLUFFING

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A 'fluffer' is a hired member of the crew of a pornographic movie whose role on the set is to sexually arouse the male participants prior to the filming of scenes requiring erections.
Many adult film stars today maintain that fluffers are a thing of the past, needed in the '70s and '80s when the crew, shooting on celluloid, needed much more time to prepare a shot. Erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra have also taken part in replacing fluffers. Brittany Andrews states on her website that fluffers are now utilized only in "gang bang" scenarios. David Gordon of Camp Appleton uses 'fluffers' in every movie he directs - he reportedly once had 14 fluffers in the Green Room of his 1987 movie titled 'Where's My Fluffer?'.
A ""fluffer"" in photo and film, also had the duty of keeping the adult film stars "cleaned up", in between takes or during photo shoot set-ups, so the actors/posers, do not have to move from their positions. The duties are considered part of the makeup department. After getting the desired angle, the director has the actors hold position, and calls for the fluffer to "fluff" the actors for the shot.
There have been two movies titled ''The Fluffer''. The first [1], a 2001 release, about a bisexual man with a crush on a gay porn star who is heterosexual outside of his video career. There is also a 2003 film [2] that has received less attention.

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★ Fluffing is a hairdressing and makeup term. Fluffers were originally those who touched up an actresses hair and makeup during a shoot. eg. Fluff her hair

★ One who prepares a house for sale, employing cosmetic skills, such as hedge pruning, or psychological tactics, such as baking bread while the house is being shown.

★ On a TV show set or in a comedy club setting, "fluffer" can refer to a warm-up act, whose task it is to engage the audience prior to the arrival of the main attraction or in between takes.

★ Fluffing is also a slang term used in acting. An actor who misreads his/her lines but continues on in character is said to have "fluffed" their lines. This term is primarily used in the United Kingdom.

★ In call centers, fluffing can be used to describe call avoidance, often by offering incomplete solutions or referring the caller to another provider.

★ "Fluffing" can also be used to describe the artificial inflation of another's ego for personal gain and/or insincere promotion of ideals or policies.

★ "Fluffing" is also a euphemism used to refer to farting.

★ "Fluffer" can refer to a staff officer who won't let an issue or program die as they've been instructed to.

★ "Fluffers" or "Fluffies" has been used as a name for workers on the London Underground who would clean hair, dirt and dust from the tunnels at night when no tube trains run.^[1] The work was often done by hand by female workers.^[2]

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1. [3] ITN Source "Fluffers" obtained on 3 December 2006.
2. [4] Science and Society Picture Library web site obtained on 3 December 2006