Christians have the Bible. Jews have the Torah. Muslims have the Koran. Atheists have The God Delusion.
by qkjeabfdia;shduaipohuaikghured July 04, 2014
(Soliloquy to self) I'm enormously proud of that lecture I produced at the friar's club last evening. My delusions of grandeur had kicked in just in time for the thing to roll right off my tongue with such ease, power, effectiveness.
2) (social workers comparing notes) - "the boy ain't schizophrenic. He high on crystal, caught up in his own delusions of grandeur and shit.
2) (social workers comparing notes) - "the boy ain't schizophrenic. He high on crystal, caught up in his own delusions of grandeur and shit.
by #antonio October 29, 2018
The strange and sad phenomena that every currently or formerly drug-addled chav, wankster, or kid in treatment/NA that ever sold a couple of dubs of schwag to his buddies seems to be affected by; that he was some major drug dealer or big player in the game of his (usually hick) town.
My kid brother seems to think that because he sold a few of his classmates some of his ritalin he's now Tony Montana. He's obviously suffering from the Scarface Delusion.
by uncarvedblock89 February 16, 2011
99.999% of all people playing any particular game all think they are complete Rock Stars, and totally AWESOME at the game, when in fact that is the exact percentage of people who totally suck at the game in question.
Scrubby: I AM SOE LEEEET AT DIS GAEM!!!!! :P
Bloodchills: Scrubby, you have caught the Delusion of Awesomeness. See your doctor, breh.
Bloodchills: Scrubby, you have caught the Delusion of Awesomeness. See your doctor, breh.
by Bloodchills November 02, 2009
Playing off the name of a cognitive bias, frequency illusion, where instead of seeing something all the time after people first notice it, they see whatever is on their mind everywhere they look. Like reading between the lines and assuming there’s a nazi message or some kind of hate speech embedded somewhere when there in fact is not.
“Every time I use a jigger in a cocktail recipe, that tranny thinks I’m calling shim the n-word!” “Typical frequency delusion right there!”
by Cygnostik April 25, 2022
Basically anyone (mostly 1980s and 90s kids but not all of them) who deludes themselves and thinks that the past decades they grew up in were a lot better than the current decade they live in now despite a lot bad stuff still happening in those past decades.
90s kid: I hate today! I miss the late 20th century so much! 80s and 90s forever!
2000s kid: When will you overnostalgic people learn that EVERY decade has bad things happen in them? Were you not old enough to notice the AIDS epidemic, the Lockerbie bombing or the eruption of Mount St. Helens which killed 57 people?
Or how about in the 90s if you were even aware of the Bill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations, the suicide of Kurt Cobain, the Columbine shooting, the Oklahoma city bombing or the rise of teen pregnancy?
90s kid: Yeah, but the music back then was SO much better!
2000s kid: At least I grew up in a time where I was able to access my favorite songs and albums faster thanks to the internet. I swear most of you 80s and 90s kids suffer from a serious case of decade delusion.
2000s kid: When will you overnostalgic people learn that EVERY decade has bad things happen in them? Were you not old enough to notice the AIDS epidemic, the Lockerbie bombing or the eruption of Mount St. Helens which killed 57 people?
Or how about in the 90s if you were even aware of the Bill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations, the suicide of Kurt Cobain, the Columbine shooting, the Oklahoma city bombing or the rise of teen pregnancy?
90s kid: Yeah, but the music back then was SO much better!
2000s kid: At least I grew up in a time where I was able to access my favorite songs and albums faster thanks to the internet. I swear most of you 80s and 90s kids suffer from a serious case of decade delusion.
by CelticEagle February 13, 2019
Self-delusion occurs when a person tricks themselves into thinking something, which usually isn't true. This might happen when something very bad happens, like a close family member or friend got into an fatal accident, and you have no clue if they're okay or not, because you didn't know it was fatal. You may try to make yourself believe they are okay, when they are sadly not. You delude yourself.
Sally thinks her dog'll be okay. She really has deluded herself. (self-delusion. She deluded herself into thinking her dog would be okay)
by Voldemort can smell the colors August 27, 2014