actornaut

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actornaut (plural actornauts)

(humorous, derogatory) A person who is claimed to be an astronaut, in the context of conspiracy theories that claim that some or all travel into outer space is faked.
Synonym: astronot
- 2013 November 6, Warhol, “Not working rockets!!! Fake Satellites!!! Fake Astronauts!!! Fake Moon Images!!!Fake Mars rover!!! Its all Fake fake fake”, in alt.conspiracy‎^[1] (Usenet):
  The reality of the ISS is that its a giant hoax!!! […] But one of the more hilarious aspects of these NASA videos has got to be the constantly incomprehensible NASA jargon the actornauts use to communicate with Houston (and with each other).