Cleveland Steamer

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About

Cleveland Steamer is an NSFW slang phrase used to describe a sexual act where someone defecates onto another person's chest and then sits down and rocks back and forth, like a steamroller. The term was popularised as a running gag on the animated adult sitcom Family Guy in the early 2000s. In the early 2020s, the term saw renewed interest in the post of Don't Google shock media trends perpetuated on TikTok and Twitter, among others.

Origin

The earliest known reference to the "Cleveland Steamer" was a scene featured on season 1, episode 10 of Family Guy, first aired in April 1999. The scene shows photographer Robert Maplethorpe drawing a kid named Tim's picture with baseball hall of famer Reggie Jackson defecating upon the child.^[1]

However, the earliest known mention of the term "Cleveland Steamer" was in season 3 episode 9,^[2] where Brian dresses up like a hooker and asks Lois, "Whaddaya want, a Cleveland Steamer?" The scene, which aired on September 5th, 2001, is shown below.^[3]

On October 6th, 2004, Urban Dictionary^[4] user admin@jordantate.com posted a definition for the term to the site, gathering over 25,000 likes in twenty years.

Cleveland Steamer y f The cleveland steamer is far more specific than the listings I have seen here. A sexual act by nature (fetish) the cleveland steamer is when one person craps on another person's chest and (very important) then sits down and rocks back and forth like a steam roller. Billy had just gotten out of the shower, so me and John gave min a cleveland steamer. by admin@jordantate.com October 6, 2004 25884 13435 FLAG

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On April 18th, 2013, RuPaul posted a tweet^[5] that read, "Awkward to ask your life partner for a 'Cleveland Steamer', which is precisely why hookers actually save marriages," gathering over 70 likes.

RuPaul @RuPaul Awkward to ask your life partner for a 'Cleveland Steamer', which is precisely why hookers actually save marriages 9:50 AM Apr 18, 2013 ...

On June 11th, 2016, Redditor^[6] /u/rufusb22 posted an image of a machine tp /r/mildlyinteresting, writing, "This is an actual Cleveland Steamer." The post gathered over 1,000 likes in nine years.