meaning "of the people, for the people" originally used and abused by
hippies.
and the word became unanimous with any and all political movements in the
USA.
since it's inception it has became the
best example of Semantic satiation as the word has lost all meaning due to the frequency of use.
"we must start a grassroots movement to show the
government we mean business." -some
hippy
"this business is so grassroots." -some starbucks hipster
"the band started as a grassroots, then eventually became the funk rock band it is
today." -some nonsense magazine