the practice of creating or promoting a fake slang term for marketing purposes, especially with the use of seemingly impropmtu celebrity sponsorship. Astrosmurfing is derived from the terms Astroturfing, which means fake grassroots participation, and smurf, which is a catchall term used by Smurfs (of the Belgian comic and television franchise of the same name).
Taco Bell paying Kim Kardashian to adopt hashtag "on fleek" would diminish the term to little more than an example of cheap astrosmurfing.
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Ever since Helen shaved her head we've been experimenting with astroturfing her scalp against my clit and it makes me come so hard!
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A form of spamming public opinion from political organisations via the media.
Specifically where a media operation of a Campaign or political party distributes a press release to voulunteers who forward it en masse by letter and e-mail to media organisations in an attempt to distort the media organisations perception of public opinion, and distort the media organisations output.
Specifically where a media operation of a Campaign or political party distributes a press release to voulunteers who forward it en masse by letter and e-mail to media organisations in an attempt to distort the media organisations perception of public opinion, and distort the media organisations output.
The effort to (get) Astroturf printed appears to have worked in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
In Arizona, xxxxxx got the astroturf accepted as a grassroots effort.
In Arizona, xxxxxx got the astroturf accepted as a grassroots effort.
by blobby December 29, 2003
Get the Astroturf, astroturfing mug.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.
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Get the Astroturfing mug.a form of propaganda whose techniques usually consist of a few people attempting to give the impression that mass numbers of enthusiasts advocate some specific cause. This is often done by conjuring up a phony organization(s) that never existed.
"David Axelrod, the TOTUS's Minister of Propaganda and the man behind the teleprompter, is the king of astroturfing."
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