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astroturf 

Creating the impression of public support by paying people in the public to pretend to be supportive.

The false support can take the form of letters to the editor, postings on message boards in response to criticism, and writing to politicians in support of the cause.

Astroturfing is the opposite of "grassroots", genuine public support of an issue.
Mike, admit you just got caught astroturfing. You're just pimping your own blog.

Microsoft didn't have grassroots support, so they created astroturf support.
astroturf by holloway August 17, 2004
Word of the Day on December 28, 2021

astroturf promotion 

faux-grassroots promotion, usually hiding a corporate advertising or marketing movement. May also cover corporate graffiti.
The recent "leaking" of fall pilots to YouTube is shameless astroturf promotion.

Astroturf 

Pretending to be a grassroots movement, when in reality the agenda and strategy are controlled by a hidden, non-grassroots organization. In this manner, a faux show is presented, consisting of robotic individuals pretending to be voicing their own opinions.
Moms Demand Action is astroturfing for Bloomberg and all of their followers are clueless housewives with too much wine.

Astroturf Group  

Political term that means pseudo-equal rights group or artifcial equal rights group. This groups or organizations tend to call them selves a organization that supports freedom and equality; however that is nothing more a backdrop for a biased unequal agenda.
Groups like Accuracy In Academia and Students for Academic Freedom are good exaples of Astroturf Groups. They put on the identity of being a organization that supports equality, but actually are trying to advance a political bias

"That Astroturf Group are really annoying" Bob said.

astrotourist

A tourist to sub-orbital or orbital space, through commercial space flight programs.
Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson alongside their crew became the first astrotourists, while visiting sub-orbital space in July 2021
astrotourist by AxonL July 20, 2021
Word of the Day on July 23, 2021

astrotard 

1. A super 'tard.

2. Someone who messes up so bad they cannot even ride the short bus.
Jimmy(not real name), decided he had his truck paid off and did not need any insurance save liability. On the way home from the BBQ decided to take the grill home for his buddies. However the coals were still hot and the wind on the freeway knocked over the grill and excited the burning coals. Setting his truck on fire. Jimmy must have looked like a real astrotard standing beside the road watching his truck burn. True story.
astrotard by MR Hagy April 7, 2011