stan

¹

[ stan ]

noun

1. an overly enthusiastic fan, especially of a celebrity.

verb (used without object)

1. to be an overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something:

   He's my fave rapper but I don't stan for him.

Stan

²

[ stan ]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Stanley.

-stan

³

Sometimes Disparaging.

1. a combining form used humorously to form mock place names, as in Canuckistan, a nickname for Canada, or Nerdistan, any place dominated by high-tech industry and therefore supposedly populated by nerds: sometimes suggesting isolation, backwardness, or lack of freedom.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stan¹

First recorded in 2005–10; blend of stalk(er) ( def ) + fan ²( def ), influenced by the rapper Eminem's 2000 song “Stan”

Origin of stan²

First recorded in 1955–60; from Persian -stân “place of (something), place abounding in (something),” akin to Sanskrit sthā́na “location, place”; stand ( def )

Example Sentences

Clooney's personal publicist, Stan Rosenfield, declined to comment.

From The Daily Beast

Arkansas, for instance, tabbed Stan Heath to replace Nolan Richardson in 2002.

From The Daily Beast

Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man, published a video in which he said that Glover should be given a chance.

From The Daily Beast

Now, 13 years later, Stan's little brother Matthew is back to avenge his death.

From The Daily Beast

So when Amador shows up dead, Stan has sort of boxed himself into a corner.

From The Daily Beast

Stan's to reason,' says I, 'it's an old deserted house, an' he's goin' to git part of a night's rest there.

From Project Gutenberg

I hadn't time to think, for I had passed t' point, and t' chap couldn't stan' no more.

From Project Gutenberg

It's right ferninst where yer afther stan'in, up the stairs on the corner of Granefield Coort—over there, bedad.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Alice is ergwine ter stan twixt yu und de jedge, dats who.

From Project Gutenberg

"I'm agwine to stan betwixt yu und de jedge, dats who," replied Clarissa consequentially.

From Project Gutenberg