English
stan
see also: Stan
Pronunciation
  • (British, North America) IPA: /stæn/
Noun

stan (plural stans)

  1. (slang, sometimes pejorative) An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.
    IU (singer) stan; BTS stan; K-pop stan
    • 2011, Vanessa Spates, "Whether in Britney's Army or Rihanna's Navy, stans need to surrender to sanity ↗", The Lantern (Ohio State University), Volume 132, Number 16, 11 October 2011, page 9A:
      I know the in-depth detailed life of a stan because I am one. I'm one of those Lady Gaga fans, […]
    • 2013, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160409131854/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-348372732.html Selena Gomez: She Is My Queen]", Sunday Tribune (South Africa), 17 March 2013:
      I am the biggest stan for Selena because she is my queen. She made Disney interesting and I have always watched her.
    • 2013, Jake Folsom, "Stans take dedication to extreme heights online, in real life ↗", Washington Square News, Volume 41, Number 104, 5 December 2013, page 11:
      Incidents have occurred with stans showing up to pop stars' residences, as has happened with Madonna, Taylor Swift and others.
Verb

stan (stans, present participle stanning; past and past participle stanned)

  1. (slang, transitive, intransitive) To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).
    We stan a queen.
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /stɑːn/
  • (America) IPA: /stæn/
Noun

stan (plural stans)

  1. One of the stans; any of the ex-Soviet countries and their neighbours whose name ends with "-stan" such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.
    • This is a stan with a plan. Unlike Uzbekistan.
Stan
Pronunciation Proper noun
  1. A male given name.
    • 2010, Kate Atkinson, Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie), Random House ISBN 9781409094524, page 307
      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.
  2. A male given name.
Noun

stan (plural stans)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of stan.


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