astroturfscent

/ˈæstroʊtɜːrfˌsɛnt/nounVerified New

The detectable odor of manufactured grassroots support.

Sock-puppet pages have a smell: identical syntax, synchronized timestamps, sudden regional concern. Practitioners learn to smell it before analysts can prove it.

Etym. — *astroturf* + *scent*.

Rel. — donorfog · velvetroping

Novelty check: NEW · checked 2026-11-04

review evidence: wordstoreview/review-batch-2-100-words-2026-11-04.md

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Method: Editorial batch review — per-term live web search + variant checks, per docs/VALIDATION-protocol.md §2