Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: “a fictitious name”

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudonym

Found In: “Choi Jeong Min” by Franny Choi line 22 – “her pseudonym, though everyone in my family is a poet.”

Explain: The word pseudonym means a fake name. This helps me understand the poem better because it shows how her mom doesn’t use her fake name but her real English name.