According to foreign media such as The Guardian and CNN on the 18th (local time), the Cambridge Dictionary has announced that it will be using the social media platform TikTok.
Approximately 6,000 new words from the Generation I (digital native generation born between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s) were recorded.
The Cambridge Dictionary is an English dictionary published by Cambridge University Press, and every year it publishes a "Cambridge Dictionary of the Year."
We have been selecting new words that reflect the trends of the times and specific phenomena and recording them. Among the newly recorded new words this time, "delulu" is a word that is related to Jimin of "BTS".
It attracted attention. "Delulu" is an abbreviation of "delusional," which means "delusional," and the Cambridge Dictionary defines it as "something that does not actually exist or is not a fact,
The term first appeared in the mid-2010s in overseas K-pop fandom communities, and was coined by those who believed they could date K-pop idols.
The connection between "delulu" and Jimin of "BTS" was revealed when a TikTok user uploaded a photo of Jimin.
It all started when a video of a man stating, "I'm going to reveal my boyfriend," became popular. Prior to the registration of "delulu," the British media outlet "DEXERTO" announced in 2023 that
In an article titled "What does 'delulu' mean on TikTok?", the group pointed out the connection between the word and JIMIN, saying, "It's a casual term in the world of K-pop fandom."
It is often used by children."
By minmin 2025/08/20 17:08 KST
