knowledge is power – post 355
Today I learned what a “fluffer” is thanks to someone commenting that a fluffernutter sounds like something from 70’s porn.
So what is a fluffer? A fluffer is someone on the set of a porn and will help to keep the male actors aroused just before scenes that require erections. They’re not used much anymore thanks to boner pills and everything being shot digitally. They also helped with the clean up of the actors between takes so they wouldn’t have to move from their positions.
A fluffer is also the name given to someone that prepares a house for sale, a figure skating team that isn’t preforming in a major part of the programme, a staff officer that won’t let an issue go or someone that constantly exaggerates event in their life to make them sound more exciting.
All those are great but not nearly as awesome as the first definition I learned about.
So other then what you just read… what did you learn today that you didn’t know before.
Play Asia
February 28th, 2009 at 3:51 am
If you want to know more words with awful definitions, get this one called “Depraved and Insulting English” by Peter Novobatsky and Ammon Shea. For instance:
Baculum: noun, the penis bone; present in many mammals.
Dunderwhelp: noun, a detestable numbskull.
Egrote: verb, to feign sickness in order to avoid work.
Hypereccrisia: noun, an abnormal amount of excretion.
And many wonderful things you never knew had a word to describe them.
February 28th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Oops. I forgot to mention, its a book.
February 28th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
a fluffer is also the name given to a guy who cleans the london underground. they clean the tunnels of hair, dirt and dust every night, stops the trains getting stuck 😛