Former BBC journalist and ex-consulting editor of Prothom Alo, Kamal Ahmed, reacted to a new addition in the Cambridge Dictionary — the word “Delulu.”
In a Facebook post, he wrote:
“কেমব্রিজ অভিধানে নতুন কিছু শব্দ যোগ হয়েছে যার একটি হচ্ছে Delulu । কাউকে Delusional বা ’ভ্রান্তিতে আচ্ছন্ন’ বোঝাতে Gen Z এটি ব্যবহার করে। বাংলাদেশে বোধহয় জনগোষ্ঠীর একটা বিরাট অংশকেই এখন Delulu বলতে হবে।”
Translation: “Some new words have been added to the Cambridge Dictionary, one of which is Delulu. Gen Z uses it to mean someone who is delusional or living in illusions. In Bangladesh, perhaps a large section of the population should now be called Delulu.”
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Kamal Ahmed further noted that many people, influenced by misleading statements of some YouTubers, get excited and engage in meaningless debates both on social media and in person. According to him, in such cases, using the word Delulu would not be inappropriate.
Source: Kamal Ahmed
