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

There’s also Voltaire’s “Candide”; Charlie Chaplin’s capitalist critique, “Monsieur Verdoux”; Walt Kelly’s comic strip, “Pogo,” with its animalizations of Joseph McCarthy and Spiro Agnew; humorists Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer and Beyond the Fringe; Mad magazine, the Onion, and on and on.

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“Our community is looking for safe, welcoming spaces where they can celebrate their favorite music and feel fully seen,” said Michael Weber, who, with Jeffery Lyman, runs Stan Society.

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So does Stan Kasten, the president of the Dodgers.

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While watching the Rams-49ers game Thursday they showed Rams owner Stan Kroenke.

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Stan Lee has entered the chat.

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