Multistan

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is a stan (“obsessive fan”) of multiple people or things, especially K-pop performers. slang

    "another day of stays [Stray Kids stans] and army [BTS stans] fighting😪 TIRED of being a multistan"

  2. 2
    A proposed special territory in apartheid-era South Africa in which racial laws are repealed and the authority of the central government is reduced, advocated as a policy by Paul N. Malherbe. South-Africa, historical

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"another day of stays [Stray Kids stans] and army [BTS stans] fighting😪 TIRED of being a multistan"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From multi- + stan (“obsessive fan”).

Etymology 2

From multi- + -stan, possibly modelled after bantustan. Coined by Paul N. Malherbe in his 1974 book Multistan: A Way Out of the South African Dilemma.

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