actornaut

Noun

actornaut (plural actornauts)

1. (derogatory, humorous) 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.
   • HJP (“Douglas”) Arnold has expressed the regret that there was only one distant shot of Neil Armstrong near the LM. […] How could Armstrong forget, what about the list of assignments, the mission timeline? Or was he not there? And if he was not there, then was there an actornaut or A N Other...1999, Mary Bennett, David S. Percy, “Photo Call”, in Dark Moon: Apollo and the Whistle-Blowers, Kempton, IL: Adventures Unlimited Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 49
   • 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).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 (Usenet)

   Synonyms:

   astronot