fluffer
/ˈflʌfɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.84 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone or something that fluffs (in various senses).
noun
One who arouses male pornographic actors before filming.
noun
One who is employed to clean the tracks in the tunnels of the London Underground.
British usage
noun
One who promotes or publicizes, especially one who makes something seem better or more important than it is.
Example Sentences
- "Woe betide the camera-shy or the fluffers of lines."
- "To them, we were the dope-smuggling hippie liberals, the prisoner lovers, the pillow fluffers. To us, they were the sadistic, mean-spirited, right-wing thugs."
- ""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.""
- "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."
- "There is always a “fluffer” who will posture for “good girl, good boy” attention, who will bring up some off-topic item—“good food drive effort” or “great basketball game the other night.”"
- ". In many retellings of the story, Aphrodite acts as Helen's fluffer."
Etymology
From fluff + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈflʌfɚ/
- British English: /ˈflʌfə/
Usage
- British usage