{{short description|Sex act}} {{for2|the TV episode|Rusty Trombone (The Loop){{!}}"Rusty Trombone" (''The Loop'')|the album|Sol's Rusty Trombone{{!}}''Sol's Rusty Trombone''}} thumb|150px|Simple illustration of a rusty trombone '''Rusty trombone''' is a sexual act in which a man stands with his knees and back slightly torqued with feet at least shoulder width apart to expose his anus.<ref name="dictionary">Tate, Jordan. (January 9, 2007) The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms. Publisher St. Martin's Press {{ISBN|0-312-36298-6}}</ref> A person typically kneels behind the man and performs anilingus - more specifically, by pursing their lips and 'blowing a raspberry' on the anus - whilst reaching up beneath the scrotum or around the body to manually apply rapid back-and-forth motions on the penis, mimicking the techniques of a trombone player.<ref name="dictionary"/><ref name="words">Sex Dictionary. (2007) ''[http://www.thesexdictionary.com/alphabet/r.shtml Sex Words Defined and Explained: R.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717215007/http://www.thesexdictionary.com/alphabet/r.shtml |date=2007-07-17 }}''</ref> The act is defined primarily by the physical orientation of the partners, the combination of anilingus with manual sexual stimulation and the resemblance of the anal sphincter to a trombone mouthpiece; however, other positions and variations are possible.
==Usage history== In 2003, the Detroit talk radio show Deminski & Doyle began an educational hour discussion of urban-legendary sex acts with the statement, "Try to describe carefully what a 'Cleveland steamer' would be..." and then went into details of the blumpkin and the rusty trombone.<ref name="shock">Wolk, Josh. (May 30, 2003) ''Entertainment Weekly''. ''[https://ew.com/article/2003/05/30/state-shock/ State Of Shock: Day after day, from sea to shining sea, America's SHOCK JOCKS manage to shtick it where the FCC don't shine.] "and then proceeded to describe the wonders of the ''blumpkin'' and the ''rusty trombone.''"'' Section: No. 712.</ref> Fifteen months later, the Federal Communications Commission proposed a fine of $27,500 to the station's owner, Infinity Broadcasting, through a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL)<ref>Federal Communications Commission (April 3, 2003) ''[http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2003/FCC-03-71A1.html Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL).]'' ""Rusty Trombone," and again, please, no kids, no women. "Rusty Trombone" I believe that's when you're having anal sex with a girl and then right afterwards you make her perform uh, oral sex on you." Obtained July 11, 2007.</ref> that specifically referenced rusty trombone.<ref name="shock"/>
Rusty trombone (dirty trombone) gained wider use in entertainment projects developed for release in 2005. For example, comedian Andy Dick used the term in the 2005 documentary film ''The Aristocrats'' as part of the infamous dirty joke of the same name.<ref name="telegraph">Sooke, Alastair. (August 19, 2005) The Daily Telegraph. ''[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/08/19/bfjoke19.xml&menuId=564&sSheet=/arts/2005/08/19/ixartleft.html Want to hear the world's dirtiest joke?]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}'' "While the comics riff about incest, Shetland ponies, oral sex with armadillos and rusty trombones (don't ask), the cornucopia of smut inures you to its own excess." Section: Features; Page 21.</ref> In seeming recognition of the phrase being a part of the filthiest of filthy language, news sources such as The Daily Telegraph,<ref name="telegraph"/> Slant Magazine,<ref>Schager, Nick. (2005) Slant Magazine. ''[http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=1632 Film Review: The Aristocrats.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908085547/http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=1632 |date=2006-09-08 }}''</ref> New Statesman,<ref>Millard, Rosie. (August 22, 2005) ''New Statesman''. Singer, model, and television personality Tila Tequila can be seen performing a rusty trombone in her sex tape released in 2008. ''[http://www.newstatesman.com/200508220032 Notebook: Comics tell each other the rudest - and most secret - joke in the world after the audience has left.]'' Volume 18; Issue 873; Page 31.</ref> and ''The Globe and Mail'' highlighted rusty trombone in their review of ''The Aristocrats''. In addition, in the 2005 movie ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin''.<ref>Walton, Rob. (August 2005) Playboy Online. ''[http://www.playboy.com/arts-entertainment/reviews/movies/40yearoldvirgin/ Movie Review Of 40 Year Old Virgin.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204121627/http://www.playboy.com/arts-entertainment/reviews/movies/40yearoldvirgin/ |date=2007-02-04 }}''</ref> the character Mooj stated, "It's not about these rusty trombones, and these dirty sanchez."<ref>Internet Movie Database. ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405422/quotes The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) - Memorable quotes.]'' Access date: February 8, 2007.</ref> In the film ''Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny'', actor Jack Black is seen walking around the Venice Beach, California boardwalk in a Rusty Trombone T-shirt.<ref>Purlky Jr., Jordy "Ray". (December 1, 2006) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ''[http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/movies/entries/2006/12/01/jack_black_also.html Jack Black also lives on that street of dreams.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928015401/http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/movies/entries/2006/12/01/jack_black_also.html |date=2007-09-28 }}'' Section: Movies & More; Page 6.</ref> In the ''Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'', host Craig Ferguson kept an actual rusty trombone under his desk, which he would occasionally mention and reveal for comedic effect.<ref name="lateshow">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=910&v=EzVOGfh63Xo |title=Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 9/2/2013 Angela Kinsey, David Feherty |work= Late Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson Archive |date=24 February 2021 |accessdate=February 25, 2021 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226001155/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzVOGfh63Xo |archivedate=February 26, 2021}}</ref>
Rusty trombone is part of the 2006 party game PervArtistry, where individuals draw sexual pictures on a board, and other players try to guess the sexual synonym for that image.<ref>Taormino, Tristan. (May 3, 2006) The Village Voice. ''[http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0618,taormino,73044,24.html Lexicon of lust: West village bar hosts a game for pervy wordsmiths.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011232448/http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0618,taormino,73044,24.html |date=2007-10-11 }}'' Volume 51; Issue 18; Page 129.</ref>
In 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah activist David Nelson started an online petition calling for the repeal of Utah's existing sodomy law. Reportedly, Utah's sodomy law then prohibited oral sex, anal sex, and the rusty trombone.<ref name="guns">Burt, Brandon. (January 18, 2007) Salt Lake City Weekly ''[http://www.slweekly.com/index.cfm?oID=449BBE6E-021E-D69E-7A3370304BA7D31B&do=article.details&id=1CB73541-2BF4-55D0-F1F9684618053C73 Guns and Butt Sex.]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}'' Volume 23; Issue 35; Page 10. Obtained July 12, 2007.)</ref>
Also, in 2007, the rusty trombone was listed as one of 76 entries in ''The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms'' (2007), with its literal definition and sexual corollary.<ref>Genovese, Peter. (March 4, 2007) The Star-Ledger ''Living smart: It's all in the details.'' Section:Accent; Page 8</ref>
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==References== * Tate, Jordan. (January 9, 2007) ''The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms''. Publisher St. Martin's Press {{ISBN|0-312-36298-6}}
==External links== * {{Wiktionary-inline|rusty trombone|Rusty trombone}}
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