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This is the Conversation Forum for London Underground Ghosts << Moorgate or Barbican Misspelling... >> Subject: 'Fluffers'?? Posted Feb 7, 2002 by NexusSeven   Posting 1 Is this for real? That the people who clean the tunnels and stations are called 'fluffers'? I ask because it is a term that has a particular usage in the porn industry... This rather begs the question - which meaning came first, as it were? Or are they genuinely mutually exclusive? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: 'Fluffers'?? Posted Feb 10, 2002 by The Mole This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Absolutely true. I supposed it's because they "de-fluff" the underground by getting rid of all the hair and other debris on the tube rails and in the tunnels. Never knew that it was also used in the porn industry though!!! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: 'Fluffers'?? Posted Jan 6, 2004 by papagolf This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 When I was a young, but fairly worldly Signalman at Piccadilly Circus (Bakrloo Line)back in the late sixties I first encountered a 'gang' of fluffers. Most gangs then consisted of six or seven usually mature and rumbustious ladies and a ganger (in charge)who had a programme of work and would descend upon a different station each night or in the case of Piccadilly for several nights. One gang would defluff, degrase and generally clean the escalators and another gang would clean the running tunnels. The gang would arrive at about 11o/c (23:00)and either go to the staff mess room or come to the signal box and wait for the last trains to depart. that night, if I was an innocent before, I certainly was not after they left!! I can understand how the term fluffer entred the pornography lexicology. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: 'Fluffers'?? Posted Mar 21, 2004 by Quinctilius Varus This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Fluffers ?...Porn ?... I must have lived a sheltered life. Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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