delulu

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping with reduplication of delusional, popularized by K-pop fandom.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

delulu (comparative more delulu, superlative most delulu)

  1. (Internet slang) Delusional.
    • 2020, Arushi Raj, Understand K-pop, page 129:
      Most of the fans sending hate to the idol would claim that they are not delulu fans but they just want the idol out of the group because the group's growth will be affected by the wrath of delulu fans.
    • 2020, River L. Davis, As Above So Below: The Rise of the Southern Obeah, unnumbered page:
      "You are so delulu boy. You need Jesus." Inez sighed.
    • 2023 June, Zack Zwiezen, “Why is everyone delulu online?”, in USTimesPost:
      You are delulu if you still think about someone you once met years before.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:delulu.

Noun[edit]

delulu (countable and uncountable, plural delulus)

  1. (Internet slang) Delusion.

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