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 The anus (Latin, 'ring' or 'circle') is an opening at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth. Its function is to control the expulsion of feces, the residual semi-solid waste that remains after food digestion, which, d ...

.Tate, Jordan. (January 9, 2007) The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms. Publisher

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A person typically kneels behind the man and performs

anilingus Anilingus (from the Latin ''anus'' + ''-lingus'', from ''lingere'', "to lick", variantly spelled "analingus") is the oral and anal sex act in which a person stimulates the anus of another by using the mouth, including lips, tongue, or teeth. I ...

while reaching up beneath the

testicle A testicle or testis (plural testes) is the male reproductive gland or gonad in all bilaterians, including humans. It is homologous to the female ovary. The functions of the testes are to produce both sperm and androgens, primarily testostero ...

s or around the body to manually administer rapid up and down motions of the

penis A penis (plural ''penises'' or ''penes'' () is the primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation. Such organs occur in many animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, but males do n ...

, mimicking the motions of a

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

player.Sex Dictionary. (2007)
Sex Words Defined and Explained: R.
'' The act is defined primarily by the physical orientation of the partners, the combination of anilingus with manual

sexual stimulation Sexual stimulation is any stimulation, stimulus (including bodily contact) that leads to, enhances and maintains sexual arousal, and may lead to orgasm. Although sexual arousal may arise without physical stimulation, achieving orgasm usually requ ...

and the resemblance of the anal sphincter to a trombone mouthpiece; however, other positions and variations are possible.

Usage history

In 2003, the

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talk radio show Deminski & Doyle began an educational hour discussion of urban-legendary sex acts with the statement, "Try to describe carefully what a '

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' would be..." and then went into details of the blumpkin and the rusty trombone. Wolk, Josh. (May 30, 2003) ''

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"and then proceeded to describe the wonders of the ''blumpkin'' and the ''rusty trombone.''"'' Section: No. 712. Fifteen months later, the

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proposed a fine of $27,500 to the station's owner,

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, through a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) that specifically referenced rusty trombone. Rusty trombone (dirty trombone) gained wider use in entertainment projects being developed for release in 2005. For example, comedian

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used the term in the 2005

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'' The Aristocrats'' as part of the infamous

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of the same name.Sooke, Alastair. (August 19, 2005)

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' "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. In seeming recognition of the phrase being a part of the filthiest of filthy language, news sources such as

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, and ''

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'' highlighted rusty trombone in their review of '' The Aristocrats''. In addition, in the 2005 movie ''

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''. the character Mooj stated, "It's not about these rusty trombones, and these dirty sanchez." In the film ''

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'', actor

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is seen in walking around the

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boardwalk in a Rusty Trombone T-shirt. In the ''

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'', host

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kept an actual rusty trombone under his desk, which he would occasionally mention and reveal for comedic effect. 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. In 2007,

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activist David Nelson started an online petition calling for the repeal of Utah's existing sodomy law. Reportedly, Utah's existing sodomy law prohibits

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anal sex Anal sex or anal intercourse is generally the insertion and thrusting of the erect penis into a person's anus, or anus and rectum, for sexual pleasure.Sepages 270–271for anal sex information, anpage 118for information about the clitoris. ...

, and the rusty trombone.Burt, Brandon. (January 18, 2007)

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Guns and Butt Sex.
' Volume 23; Issue 35; Page 10. Obtained July 12, 2007.) Also in 2007, rusty trombone was listed as one of 76 entries in ''The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms'' (2007), with both its literal definition and sexual corollary.Genovese, Peter. (March 4, 2007)

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''Living smart: It's all in the details.'' Section:Accent; Page 8

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* Tate, Jordan. (January 9, 2007) ''The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemism''s. Publisher

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