2012 January 13, @zingapprentice, Twitter[1], archived from the original on 2024-07-22:
I literally think someone gave me drugs while I was sleeping... Im so delulu right now what on earth
2017, David Spatichia & Monsurat Otolorin, "K-pop Subculture International Impact", research project submitted to Temple University, page 10:
Also, when the member gets an actual girlfriend, they get upset, sending hate to both the member and his or her significant other. They are regarded as “delulu fans”, meaning delusional fans.
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.
2020, "KDrama and Oppa Obsession: Why Is It Taking Filipinos by Storm?", Mabuhay News (Calgary, AB), June 2020 (link):
I won’t necessarily call this “delulu” (slang for delusional of sorts – a social media jargon I just learned, by the way). Let’s put it this way: for those who can afford to travel, it could be adding something to their bucket list of destinations.
2022, Twitter user @sgtcurrypants, quoted in Sara Rosenau, "Mock Koreaboo: Appropriating Appropriation", Colorado Research in Linguistics, Volume 26 (link):
All the delulu sasaengs crying : But OPPAR YOU LOOKED AT ME AND FELL IN LOVE DIDN’T YOU?!
2022, Tenzin Dasel, "Txt Under One Dream", Christ University (Bangalore, India), January 2022, page 7:
There were delulu fans convinced that the company was trying to replace their favourite or use the new group as a means to “leech” off the money that they’d made.
2022, TSIB Yearbook 2022 (The International School Bangalore), page 118:
I'l[sic] miss ur delulu rants,**** is ur soulmate unless i swoop in.
2023, Samuel Cabbuang, "Striving for Authenticity: The Foundation and Dynamics of the AlDub Nation Fandom", Plaridel: Journal of Communication, Media, and Society, Volume 20, Issue 1, June 2023, page 154:
However, some would joke that they are still in fact delulu.
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.
2023, "Seniors", TJ Today (Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, VA), June 2023, page 21:
“I'm delulu and I've accepted it”.
2023, "Senior", The Epic (Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA), 2 June 2023, page 12:
I, Akita Chatterjee, bequeth my 90s rock mixtape to Mme. Louie, Transcendentalism-themed bookmarks to Mrs. Fill, stargazing socials to Mr. Nguyen & the Astrophysics Club, overcoming the delulu to Niska Shah, vintage to Daniel Tellez, and the word "goat" to Ranganathan Srinivasan.
2023 July 7, Kate Fowler, “The rise of delulu girls”, in i-D Magazine:
What started as a way to describe K-pop stans who believe they have a chance with their idols, being “delulu” has become an established aspect of modern dating. Though it’s not exclusively gender-specific, being delulu often sees young women embracing their naivety when it comes to dating and romance.
