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delulu en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈluː.luː/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

A clipping of delusional with reduplication of the second syllable, popularized by the K-pop fandom.

Meanings

  1. (Internet) Delusional.
    • You are delulu if you still think about someone you once met years before. 2023 June, Zack Zwiezen, “Why is everyone delulu online?”, in USTimesPost:
    • 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, Arushi Raj, Understand K-pop, page 129:
    • However, conspiracy theorists don't want decarbonization or climate adaptation measures. They are simply living in their delulu world. 2025 July 8, u/marten_EU_BR, “Those chemtrails at it again!!”, in r/terriblefacebookmemes, Reddit, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025:
    • I literally think someone gave me drugs while I was sleeping... Im so delulu right now what on earth 2012 January 13, @zingapprentice, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2024:
    • "You are so delulu boy. You need Jesus." Inez sighed. 2020, River L. Davis, As Above So Below: The Rise of the Southern Obeah, unnumbered page:

Forms

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more delulu Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most delulu Degree=Sup lexicographic

Descendants

делу́лу

delulu en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈluː.luː/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

A clipping of delusional with reduplication of the second syllable, popularized by the K-pop fandom.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Delusion; delusional attitudes or thoughts.
    • But Labor can take a leaf from Dutton’s book, given the degree to which “delulu” derailed his campaign. 2025 May 8, Jacob Greber, “How Peter Dutton’s Wile E Coyote campaign flew off the cliff”, in ABC News:
    • how to achieve this level of delulu? 2025 May 20, u/sam1L1, “What exactly is the Mongolian dream ?”, in r/mongolia, Reddit, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2025:
  2. (Internet, countable, uncountable) A delusional person.

Forms

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delulus Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

solulu · delulu pills · delulu is the solulu · trululu