pseudo-acronym UK /ˌs(j)uːdəʊˈækɹənɪm/US /ˌsudoʊˈækɹəˌnɪm/ noun1 •A term that is seemingly an acronym or (loosely) an initialism, but the letters of which do not stand for specific words.He [Marcel Duchamp] painted a moustache on a reproduction of the Mona Lisa and labeled it "L.H.O.O.Q.", a pseudo-acronym with lewd connotations in French. — 2011 formspseudo-acronyms