pseuicide

[ soo-uh-sahyd ]

noun

, Slang.

1. faked death:

   For the fourth time in this adventure series, she has pulled off a pseuicide and then returned to avenge the real deaths of her mates.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pseuicide¹

First recorded in 1970–75; alteration of suicide, with the influence of pseudocide ( def )

Example Sentences

Revelation becomes hoax and suicide becomes “pseuicide” in an ever-exploding series of narrative curveballs.

From Seattle Times

In La Farge’s hands, revelation becomes hoax, suicide becomes “pseuicide” and, in an ever-expanding series of narrative curveballs, gay becomes straight becomes gay again.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Seife sums up how these stories tend to go: “Create a sock puppet or two, give it a tragic problem that will garner sympathy, and then commit ‘pseuicide.’

From New York Times