A known personality who is only or mostly famous for their work on reality TV, getting pics taken by the paparazzi, putting out sex tapes and/or going on multiple talk shows. Someone who is famous and/or talked about without actually having any talent or actual career other than being and promoting themselves. A person who is famous only for being well known.
Paris Hilton is a prime example of being a pseudoceleb. The housewives on Bravo are pseudocelebs. Snooki and the Jersey Shore cast are all pseudocelebs. Scott Disick is a hanger on Kardashian and lives off being a pseudoceleb by hosting parties at nightclubs. Many has been famous peopledrift into being pseudocelebs when they get desperate for attention and/or money.
Someone with an upper middle class background and a well-paying job that adopts all the affectations of the bohemian urban living as a superficial cover for his/her truly entitled self.
Parker: Wanna go to the Arts District tonight? I got an invite for the opening of the gastropub run by the chef from the organic single source Bolivian schnitzel craft truck.
Logan: What? I'm so over that whole pseudohemian scene. Can we just get real tacos from a real Mexican restaurant with real margaritas? You know, like real people used to do?
Parker: Ya, I guess you're right. I'm kinda done pretending how much I like Moscow Mules so much better in a copper mug anyway.
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1. (pr. soo-dough-sigh-ee-suss) A psychiatric condion whereby the individual believes falsely that they are pregnant. Occurs in both men and women, patients often manifest symptoms of being pregnant.
I just removed a pillow from Mrs. Smith's shirt. I think she is suffering from psuedocyesis.