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lulu

nounnouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈluːlu//

A remarkable person, object, or idea.

noun

  1. 1

    slangA remarkable person, object, or idea.

    Look out for that first step. It's a lulu.

    The funny part was, though, we were the worst skaters on the whole goddam^([sic]) rink. I mean the worst. And there were some lulus, too.

    Mon-sewer, you are a lulu!

    Seriously, I mean it: From Russia, With Love is a real wowser, a lulu, a dilly and a smasheroo.

  2. 2

    slangA very attractive or alluring person.

  3. 3

    slangA very bad mistake or error.

Etymology

Probably from American stage magician Lulu Hurst (1869–1950).

noun

  1. 1

    slangA fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.

Etymology

From the phrase in lieu.

Forms

plural
lulus
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).