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minus-squarefishos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·6 days agoI’m just wondering is “delulu” slang for “delusional”? Like was the real word that hard to spell?
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·6 days agoI think it’s short for “the lulu” which is a cutesy name for the Lusitania, meaning they feel like they have been sunk.
minus-squarerunning_ragged@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoSometimes words evolved for the spelling, sometimes for the sounds. I think in this case it was for the fun sound, especially given it arose through tiktok communities.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoIt’s a cutesy way of spelling it, popularized on social media and also by content creators
minus-squaresynae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoWell one is certainly more fun to say
minus-squarefishos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoIf you want to sound like a child, yeah…
I’m just wondering is “delulu” slang for “delusional”? Like was the real word that hard to spell?
I think it’s short for “the lulu” which is a cutesy name for the Lusitania, meaning they feel like they have been sunk.
Sometimes words evolved for the spelling, sometimes for the sounds.
I think in this case it was for the fun sound, especially given it arose through tiktok communities.
It’s a cutesy way of spelling it, popularized on social media and also by content creators
Well one is certainly more fun to say
If you want to sound like a child, yeah…