Fluffer

//ˈflʌfə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone or something that fluffs (in various senses).

    "Woe betide the camera-shy or the fluffers of lines."

  2. 2
    One who arouses male pornographic actors before filming.

    ""This isn't MGM. I don't do this full-time," she said. "During production, I'm the AD. Occasionally, I fill in as a fluffer.""

  3. 3
    One who is employed to clean the tracks in the tunnels of the London Underground. UK
  4. 4
    One who promotes or publicizes, especially one who makes something seem better or more important than it is.

    "Thus it was only as I approached the table that I discovered Lafayette hovering behind the chair next to mine, accompanied by Easy Mather, as well as their new best friend and Lafayette's personal fluffer, Jillian Noble."

  5. 5
    A fluffy animal. Internet

    "DoggoLingo, sometimes referred to as doggo-speak, "seems to be quite lexical, there are a lot of distinctive words that are used," says Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch. "It's cutesier than others, too. Doggo, woofer, pupper, pupperino, fluffer — those have all got an extra suffix on the end to make them cuter.""

Example

More examples

"Woe betide the camera-shy or the fluffers of lines."

Etymology

From fluff + -er.

Related phrases

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