Astroturf

Fake marijuana (not real grass)

Puff - puff - COUGH! - splutter
“That’s not ganga, that’s Astroturf!”

by Urbane Gorilla June 20, 2005

astroTERFing

The use – by men – of fake social media accounts that pose as feminist women, to object to the rights of trans women to be recognized as women. See also: Astroturfing, TERF.

Most of the people defending this anti-trans bigot are puppet accounts with stock photos of women for avatars. Literal fake women supporting transphobia: typical astroTERFing!

by JAQrabbit January 23, 2019

Astrotirf

A portmanteau of astroturf and TIRF (trans inclusionary radical feminism). Astroturf refers to usually when organizations will mass produce support for some issue and masquerade it as mass public opinion even though its only being pushed by a small minority. Astrotirf refers to how some feminists pretend that alot of women support the concept of transgenderism in society (sports, bathrooms) when in reality, only a minority of women actually support such radical changes, as evident from surveys and polling.

Friend 1: I can't believe my high school is allowing biological males in girls bathrooms and girls sports, they're pretending that the girls are ok with it, but we secretly are very uncomfortable with this.

Friend 2: the staff are literally using the astrotirf method. This is some Loudoun county type shit.

by PeterGriffindorVoxMan July 11, 2023

astroturfing

the act of creating a small organization and making it appear to represent something popular for the purpose of promoting a particular entity, cause, etc. (a play on grassroots in the sense of a popular movement originating among the common people, ultimately from AstroTurf, a brand of artificial grass)

The practice of astroturfing a widely used form of propaganda, as evidenced by the media coverage it receives.

by The Return of Light Joker January 17, 2009

Astroterf

The combination of astroturf and TERF. The spamming of feminism-themed transphobic opinions in media at a scale disproportional to actual opinion.

With recent polls suggesting that more women are accepting of trans women than not, what we see on Twitter every day may as well be astroterf.

by Artoria2e5 January 30, 2022

astroturk

A large-scale implementation, in cloud-like proportions, of mechanical-turk workers.

Ring, Inc. astroturks object recognition of objects that its A.I. can't process.

by Leif S. January 10, 2019

asstroturfing

The same as astroturfing, except done so ineptly that the astroturfer makes an ass of himself.

That viral was so obviously staged; I hate it when companies start asstroturfing.

by NTUK November 18, 2009