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optical delusion

Misreading a word, phrase, sentence or headline, often to humorous or shocking effect.
The headline read 'Intel back on track', but for a split second, I thought it said 'Intel back on crack'.
by beandog February 9, 2005
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Delucidate

vb., transitive. To make confusing; to remove clarity from a concept so as to make it hard to understand.
Instead of elucidating the definition of delucidate, I just delucidated it.
by LittleTanBatman February 15, 2013
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Delusional

Liam: Hey guys, I’ve decided to come out as Hank Hill-Kin.

Max: Kin as in. . . You think you are literally Hank Hill?

Liam: Yep.

Max: Wow okay, that’s. . . Uh. . . Really delusional.
by punkass June 8, 2018
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Deluded

The act of believing incorrect facts and having opinions that have no real life connection and are unreliable sources.
Arsenal supporters are very deluded
by Suly964 January 31, 2021
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deelux

a fine a** man, that defintely got it goin on in erry way ... aka: Drew
deelux, baby, you lookin real sexy 2day, why don't you stay home and let ya lil mami chula take care a you alll day?
by keke February 27, 2005
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Self-deluded indignation

Becoming appalled and deeply indignant even though completely in the wrong.

Verb

A delusion is a false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence. Self-deluded indignation goes one step further by demonstrating actual indignation towards the person with the correct, sane and rational position.
1. “I told the nurse she’d given me the wrong lab results and she went off on me explaining how she was the trained medical professional and that I was just an untrained layman. The problem with that of course is that she had actually given me the wrong fucking lab results!”

2. “Self-deluded indignation.”
by Bigfreedog July 21, 2011
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Deluctable

A deluctable tasting " organ "
by The knob May 13, 2016
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