Airtight? Yeah, That’s A Thing Now

What does the word “airtight” suggest to you?

A trip to Goodyear, perhaps (“our special process ensures an airtight seal”). Or maybe the finale of a murder mystery (“Mr. Plum could not have committed the murder, for he had an airtight alibi”). When it comes to sex, there aren’t many instant evocations that come to mind. Certain penis pumps promise an “airtight” seal, of course, but that’s probably not something that most people would think of. Prepare to surrender another everyday word to a naughty association, though, because the sex act known as the “airtight” seems finally to be gaining a foothold. Hustler just released a movie entitled simply Airtight, Karla Lane has made headlines on AVN and XBIZ for her upcoming airtight scene, and Angela White made the sex act a major selling point on her bestseller Angela Vol. 2.

White defined an airtight in point-blank terms in her 2016 interview with Adult Empire: “It is when all holes are filled, so you’re ‘airtight.’ That’s one in the mouth, one in the pussy, one in the butt.” It’s cut from the same cloth as porn favorites like double penetration and gangbang, but ups the ante. The fact that “airtight” now suddenly seems to be a “thing” probably reflects the reality that despite the rich variety of sexual behavior, there are only so many “firsts” and sex acts possible. Porn might be running out of “orifice space,” so to speak, and “airtight” is an interesting addition to the more familiar range of splashy moves we’ve become so accustomed to.

The term and act aren’t new, but until recently, most movies with that theme were compelled to explain exactly what “airtight” meant. The opening line of AVN’s review of the 1998 Metro effort Airtight (the first movie with that theme that we were able to find) defined the term (“This title refers to a cock in every female orifice, meaning she’s filled up, sealed shut”). The tagline for 2001’s Airtight Granny helpfully told us, “All holes plugged . . . AT ONCE!!!!!” Even the relatively recent City Slutz movie Air Tight MILFs helped viewers along by plastering the text “all holes filled” in the middle of the box art. Angela Vol. 2 was probably the first movie to use the term absent any accompanying explanation. “First airtight,” the cover proclaimed, amidst an array of other more familiar firsts contained within the movie. When asked about the term, White blanched, saying that it was obvious to her what it meant, but that it may not have been to all viewers.

Sometimes existing things catch on just because they are given an unusual or catchy name. The Immaculate Reception is one of football’s most famous plays, but it probably never would have become nearly so widely known if it didn’t have such a memorable name associated with it. Often, all a concept needs is the perfect name to crystallize it. As louche as it is, once you hear the word “airtight” associated with porn, you’re never quite able to see it the same way ever again. Could we be about to enter an era where “first airtight” is just as familiar a porn benchmark as “first anal“?

Happy airtighting, my friends!

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