(SOOD)
n.
A person with pretensions to cultural or intellectual sophistication.
Example Citation:
"With the aid of some blurred old photographs and his own 'artworks', Boyd concocted Nat Tate: An American Artist (1928-1960)...We enjoyably imagine those 'art lovers', a parcel of pseuds, gathered in the New York loft to revere the memory of someone who never existed."
—John Mullan, "Sting in Manhattan," The Guardian, April 9, 1998
—John Mullan, "Sting in Manhattan," The Guardian, April 9, 1998
Earliest Citation:
Between October 1953 and June 1954, [Raymond Gueri ] contributed ten or so pieces to Jacques Laurent's review La Parisienne, in which he attacked phoney artists, pseuds, and literary life in general.
—Raphael Sorin, "RAYMOND GUERIN: 1905-1955," Manchester Guardian Weekly, November 8, 1981
—Raphael Sorin, "RAYMOND GUERIN: 1905-1955," Manchester Guardian Weekly, November 8, 1981
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