An act of self-harm that is in no way intended to kill the harmee; the sort of attempt to express dissatisfaction with one's life that mental health professionals sometimes refer to as a 'cry for help', for example, Fall Out Boy lead singer Pete Wentz's overdose of the anti-depressant Atavan.

Elton John once committed pseudocide by sticking his head in a gas oven after putting out the pilot light.

pseudocide by Amanda the Quirky One October 31, 2007

Related Words

pseudocide • pseudocider • pseudocidal • pseudocode • Pseudocite • Psuedocide • pseudo-coder • Pseudo-idealism • pedocide • pseuicide

pseudocide

a fake suicide (mostly used for photography purposes or some sort of spiritual/symbolic means.

person1: "Hey i heard that chick in your math class killed herself."

person2: "Nah, it was just a pseudocide. The pics are on Myspace."

pseudocide by Powers27 June 25, 2007

Pseudocide

Deleting or removing an old screen name or email address.

Closing my AOL account was pseudocide, but at least my ex-girlfriend can no longer find me.

Pseudocide by LAblows April 17, 2009

pseudocide

Faking a death, either yours, someone else’s. It can be a faked suicide or a murder. As long as it’s fake, it’s pseudocide. Also don’t do this, it’s fucked up man, and don’t be like David that one dude who faked his death then pulled up to his own funeral in a fucking HELICOPTER.

Aye bro Jeremy committed pseudocide
OH SHIT HES ALIVE?!?! Imma make sure that bitch dead fr this time.
RONALD NOOO

pseudocide by LAMBBBB October 11, 2023

pseudoceleb

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 people drift into being pseudocelebs when they get desperate for attention and/or money.

pseudoceleb by angelofdevs May 22, 2013

pseudocidal

Someone who tries to fake a suicide for attention

"he is so pseudocidal, he didn't even load the gun before fake shooting himself in front of his parents"

pseudocidal by AustinLU March 27, 2009

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

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murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

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