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delulu

/dɪˈluː.luː/

delulu adjective: delusional.

Adjective

delulu (comparative more delulu, superlative most delulu)

  1. (Internet) Delusional.
    • I literally think someone gave me drugs while I was sleeping... Im so delulu right now what on earth2012 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

Noun

delulu (countable and uncountable, plural delulus)

  1. Delusion; 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
    • 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. (Internet) A delusional person.

Examples of delulu in a sentence

  • 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:
  • 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...

Forms of delulu

Adjective
comparativemore delulu
superlativemost delulu
Noun
pluraldelulus

Origin of delulu

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

Words formed from delulu

Words that rhyme with delulu

Questions about delulu

What does delulu mean?
Delulu means delusional.
How do you use delulu in a sentence?
You are delulu if you still think about someone you once met years before.
What part of speech is delulu?
Delulu can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce delulu?
Delulu is pronounced /dɪˈluː.luː/.

Words near delulu in the dictionary

  1. deluges
  2. delugeth
  3. deluging
  4. delugings
  5. deluginous
  6. delulu
  7. delulu pills
  8. delulus
  9. deluminate
  10. deluminated
  11. deluminates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: delulu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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