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noun

• a man who dates / sleeps with lots of women

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
  
  Citation from "Damn You, Eggs Benedict", Two and a Half Men (TV), Season 6 Episode 3 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: flirting, hit on, pimp, player, wing-man.

  Last edited on May 26 2010. Submitted by Stacy from Quicksburg, Virginia, USA on Oct 18 2008.

adjective

• Angry or Upset

  Stop that before I get assy.

  Last edited on Mar 18 2005. Submitted by Rob T. from China Grove, NC, USA on Mar 18 2005.

• mean spirited.

  Don't be so assy.

  Last edited on Mar 18 2005. Submitted by Rob T. from China Grove, NC, USA on Mar 18 2005.

• a bargain.

  That car was a steal.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

• the shortest, fastest, cross-country route.

  Are you going the scenic route or astronaut diaper miles?

  Last edited on Apr 30 2014. Submitted by D. F. from Butler, PA, USA on Feb 14 2007.

• a good looking older woman who by appearance and style suggests she leads a pampered lifestyle. Out of touch with reality, yet strangely attractive.

  Get a load of that gal. What an astronaut's wife.

  • See more words with the same meaning: absent minded, forgetful, confused.
  • See more words with the same meaning: attractive female.

  Last edited on Apr 30 2014. Submitted by fowler j. from Kansas City, MO, USA on Jul 29 1998.

verb - ambitransitive

• to join an online discussion and pretend to be an independent member of the community. In reality, the "astroturfer" is a a surrogate for some stakeholder - company, political faction, individual, etc. - who has something to gain or lose.

  I used to read that forum all the time, but it got taken over by astroturfing corporate shills.

  User BigUp doesn't contribute anything useful - he just astroturfs.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Jim K. on May 22 2009.

origin

• The term "astroturf" is a play on "grassroots". "Grassroot movements" arise organically through the people. "Astroturfing", then, is artificial grassroots.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 11 2010.