delulu

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/dɪˈluː.luː/

adjective

Delusional.

First used 21st c.Scrabble 7

Meanings

adjectivedelulu (comparative more delulu, superlative most delulu)

comparative more delulu · superlative most delulu

  1. InternetDelusional.First known use 21st c.

    "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
    4 more examples

    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

    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

    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

    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
noundelulu (countable and uncountable, plural delulus)

plural delulus

  1. countableuncountableDelusion; delusional attitudes or thoughts.

    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
    1 more example

    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
  2. InternetcountableuncountableA delusional person.

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

delulu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delulu

MLA

“delulu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delulu. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delulu,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delulu.

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