Definition 28 (noun Archaic A section of a poem or ballad.) is not really archaic having been still familiar from Lewis Carrol 'Hunting of the Snark' and rejuvenated for many by Douglas Adams 'Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy'.
A marketing and political dirty-trick which involves planting party members or employees in meetings or movements and having them pose as unaligned concerned citizens.
The product Astroturf is fake grass and astroturfing is faking a grass-roots response.
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huntch commented on the word fit
Definition 28 (noun Archaic A section of a poem or ballad.) is not really archaic having been still familiar from Lewis Carrol 'Hunting of the Snark' and rejuvenated for many by Douglas Adams 'Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy'.
September 19, 2009
huntch commented on the word astroturf
A marketing and political dirty-trick which involves planting party members or employees in meetings or movements and having them pose as unaligned concerned citizens.
The product Astroturf is fake grass and astroturfing is faking a grass-roots response.
August 8, 2009