Stan

//stɑːn// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A municipality in southeast Slovenia. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A diminutive of the male given name Stanley. countable, uncountable

    "Stan Jessop taught at a different school now but lived in the same small 1930s semi-detached as he had done ten years ago. Stan made him sound like an old allotment guy but he was only thirty-six."

  3. 3
    A diminutive of the male given name Stanislav. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A surname from Romanian. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive. Internet, derogatory, sometimes

    "K-pop stan"

  2. 2
    A country, often ex-Soviet, whose name ends with "-stan", such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, or Kazakhstan. informal

    "“There are a lot of former Soviet states – a lot of stans.” This is a stan with a plan. Unlike Uzbekistan[…]."

  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of stan (a type of superfan) alt-of
  4. 4
    Alternative letter-case form of stan. alt-of
Slang
  1. 1
    A highly dedicated fan. slang, fandom, 2010s-2020s

    "I stan that artist so hard."

Verb
  1. 1
    To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of). intransitive, slang, transitive

    "We stan a queen."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Stan (“Stanley”), after the song "Stan" by Eminem (2000), a fictitious account of the rapper's encounter with an overly obsessive fan named Stan. Sometimes assumed to be a blend of stalker + fan, but perhaps simply chosen for the rhyme.

Etymology 2

From Stan (“Stanley”), after the song "Stan" by Eminem (2000), a fictitious account of the rapper's encounter with an overly obsessive fan named Stan. Sometimes assumed to be a blend of stalker + fan, but perhaps simply chosen for the rhyme.

Etymology 3

Back-formation from -stan.

Etymology 4

Clipping of Stanley.

Etymology 5

Clipping of Stanley.

Etymology 6

From -stan.

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