stan
A country, often ex-Soviet, whose name ends with -stan, such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, or Kazakhstan.
Noun informal
- A country, often ex-Soviet, whose name ends with -stan, such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, or Kazakhstan.
- “There are a lot of former Soviet states – a lot of stans.” This is a stan with a plan. Unlike Uzbekistan[…]. - 2015 July 30, Jules Boykoff, “Beijing and Almaty contest Winter Olympics in human rights nightmare”, in The...
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Back-formation from -stan.
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Noun Internet, derogatory
- An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.
- K-pop stan
- I know the in-depth detailed life of a stan because I am one. I'm one of those Lady Gaga fans, […] - 2011 October 11, Vanessa Spates, “Whether in Britney's Army or Rihanna's Navy, stans need to surrender to sanity”, in...
- I am the biggest stan for Selena because she is my queen. She made Disney interesting and I have always watched her. - 2013 March 17, “Selena Gomez: She Is My Queen”, in Sunday Tribune, South Africa:
Hypernyms: megafan superfan otaku trash trufan uberfan fan follower admirer aficionado buff connoisseur enthusiast devotee maniac fanatic fancier fancy fiend freak geek junkie partisan rooter
Origin
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.
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Verb
- To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).
- We stan a queen.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:stan.