Pygmalion’s delusion

A belief that a chatbot, LLM, or other AI has gained sentience or "become real" coupled with intense feelings for it, romantic or platonic.

After months of nightly conversations with the GPT-4o, he became convinced it had developed feelings for him — a textbook case of Pygmalion’s Delusion.

by Scotty49 August 10, 2025

Delusion

A perfume advertised by Jinkx Monsoon on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5.
The target group of said perfume are highly delusional people such as Milk on All Stars Season 3 or Valentina on All Stars Season 4.

For the girl who lives above her means.
For the girl who just won't give up.
For the girl with a dream.
Delusion. Convince yourself.

by universeofrage April 30, 2020

Peter delusion

the specific brand of delusion experienced when there's a cute person who you want desperately to be compatible with your sexuality, but know DAMN WELL that they aren't. you will most likely find yourself taking every route possible to somehow believing that they are.

1: bro that dude who sits in front of me in that class is so cute
2: yeah but i'm like pretty sure he's straight
1: damn, well, since neither of us knows for sure...imma just hold on to the 0.00001% chance he isn't
2: smh dude that's classic Peter delusion

by ZFTyler November 5, 2024

Delusions of Contour

When a woman believes the more amount of makeup she wears, the more attractive she appears to be.

This is never the case as it only highlights their crippling insecurities and nonexistent self-esteem.

Like all mental illnesses, women who suffer from delusions of contour need professional help.

Darius: Yo did you see Emily at the party last night?!
Jude: ya but she was looking beat ngl
Darius: that birthday makeup she had on was outlandish!
Jude: kinda feel bad, she got some serious delusions of contour. Homegirl was out here lookin like Pennywise from Wish!!

by bredsheeran81 January 2, 2024

Managerial delusion

When a sales manager sees things from his or her own point of view and thinks that is the norm.

Just call your cc company and ask for an increase to your limit to 50k. Managerial delusion

by Rpclover May 21, 2023

delusions of Grainger

It's when you believe that you have more power, wealth, smarts, or other grand traits than Grainger.

It's like when Shade said Eric says Grainger must do things to him that I never did and they happen... Magik👀👻 or delusions of Grainger

by Experiment626 October 6, 2020

Suspendisse Delusion

An internal mental fear that a person you’re in love with might be a different biological sex then they appear to be or claim to be.

This internal mental fear is not recognized as a disorder or phobia. At least not yet. For now, it’s a word that refers to the fear stated previously.

Michael: Hey Jack, you know Nancy?
Jack: The girl you like? Of course.
Michael: What if she’s actually a boy in disguise?
Jack: What kind of fucking drugs are you on?

Michael: I don’t know. I’m just... worried...

Frank: Michael, you have Suspendisse Delusion.

by The Random Dictioneer May 19, 2020