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    [Noun]  | "de*lir*i*um" | \ di-ˈlir-ē-əm \


    1: an acute mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations

    2: frenzied excitement


    Origin: circa 1563 ;

     Latin, from delirare to be crazy, literally, to leave the furrow (in plowing), from de- + lira furrow {mat|learn|};

    [Noun]  | "delirium tre*mens" | \ -ˈtrē-mənz \


    1: a violent delirium with tremors that is induced by excessive and prolonged use of alcoholic liquors —called also d.t.'s


    Origin: 1827 ;

     New Latin, literally, trembling delirium;

    [Noun]  | "delirium" 


    1: a state of wildly excited activity or emotion;


      * e.g., " ... shoppers running around in a delirium the day before Christmas "



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     [ "delirium" ]

    1: Trauma of various degrees resulting in confusion, hallucinations, and speech impediment ions; To be delirious.

      * e.g.,  ... The sight of something horrible plunged Ted into a state of delirium. 

     [ "delirium" ]

    1: A hard in the groove song full of 16th notes that's 140 BPM and a 12 on expert.

      * e.g.,  ... Delirium expert is impossible to pass! 

     [ "Delirium" ]

    1:  Temporary mental disturbance: A state marked by extreme restlessness, confusion, and sometimes hallucinations, caused by fever, poisoning, or brain injury.

      * e.g.,  ... Delirium of joy. 


     [ "Delirium" ]

    2:  Great excitement: A state of extreme excitement or emotion.

      * e.g.,  ... (It's pretty much the same as dilirious.) 

     [ "Delirium" ]

    1: A hard song in the video game In The Groove, rated as 12 blocks on expert. The composer is Smiley, a pseudonym of Kyle Ward, the main music composer of the In The Groove series. The stepchart features many 16th note runs near the end of the song. The BPM is 163, though it briefly increases to 279.5 during the middle of the song.

      * e.g.,  ... Those 16th note runs near the end of Delirium killed me! 

     [ "DELiRiUM" ]

    1: see troll and fgt.

      * e.g.,  ... Damn, he's a big DELiRiUM! 

     [ "shit delirium" ]

    1: Sudden severe confusion that occurs in one's brain when someone has to shit very badly and access to a bathroom feels unattainable. Someone with shit delirium may do unexplainable things.

      * e.g.,  ... George had to shit like there was no tomorrow. He was up to his eyeballs in shit. He displayed shit delirium when he inexplicably tried to unlock an unrelated lock that went nowhere when the bathroom was only a few steps away. 

     [ "academic delirium" ]

    1: The excited, confused, inappropraite state of mind a medical student reaches during finals time. It is a syndrome of acute onset characterized by uncontrollable gchating, youtubing, facebooking, google+ing, sneaking food in the library, as well as an exponential increase in the amount of breaks to "make peepees", due to caffeine overdosing. The syndrome can be aggravated by accelerated medical school programs of the caribbean nature. In this case, those affected, rather than actively working on a tan, are working on a DVT directly correlated to sitting on a desk for 22 hours straight. Complete resolution and healing is expected within 7-10 days post examination. Recovery is accelerated by alcohol, sleeping, stuffing one's face with food, and avoiding all direct and indirect contact with studyproducts and the such. Condition is highly infectious.

      * e.g.,  ... Frederica: What time are you going home? 

     [ "Delirium Tremens" ]

    1: Alcohol withdrawl symptoms, usually apparent in people who suffer alcoholism who suddenly stop drinking. (Don't confuse with a hangover).

      * e.g.,  ... John suffers from delirium tremens. 

     [ "Delirium Tremens" ]

    1: A great Belgian Strong Pale Ale brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe in Melle, Belgium.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey joe, pour that Delirium Tremens into my chalice. 

     [ "Gridlock Delirium" ]

    1: Gridlock delirium is what happens to a person's psyche when they are stuck in traffic for 3 hours or more without movement; often causes the person to text or call people they have not talked to in many years(includes ex's), and often this leads to feelings of regret. After the anger and random texts(calls) have ceased, the person will probably begin to become hungry and/or horny and wish to fulfill their desire with the person behind or in front of them in traffic; once again leading to more regret.

      * e.g.,  ... A friend was stuck in traffic so long he started experiencing Gridlock Delirium; he became so bored he started reading his car manual, calling ex's he hadnt talked to in 3 years and eventually scheduling a lunch date with one. The driver in front of him started to seem oddly cute until saw him pour a yellow substance from a coke bottle out of his window. 

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