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stan

[ stan ]

/ stæn /

Informal.

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noun

an overly enthusiastic fan, especially of a celebrity.

verb (used without object)

to be an overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something: He's my fave rapper but I don't stan for him.

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Origin of stan

First recorded in 2005–10; blend of stalk(er) + fan², influenced by the rapper Eminem's 2000 song “Stan”

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Stan

[ stan ]

/ stæn /

noun

a male given name, form of Stanley.

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Example sentences from the Web for stan

When artist Larry Lieber was desperately looking for work, a staffer dismissed him by saying “the only people Stan thinks about are himself and his family, and that doesn’t include you.”
‘True Believer’ tries to capture Stan Lee. It isn’t easy.|Glen David Gold|February 18, 2021|Washington Post
Stan, at least, appears to have taken a cue from them when building his New Orleans Pelicans defense.
The Bucks Built The NBA’s Best Defense. Now, Other Teams Are Copying It.|Jared Dubin|January 6, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Clooney's personal publicist, Stan Rosenfield, declined to comment.
Hollywood vs. The Daily Mail: George Clooney and Angelina Jolie Take On The UK's Leanest, Meanest Gossip Machine|Lizzie Crocker, Lloyd Grove|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Arkansas, for instance, tabbed Stan Heath to replace Nolan Richardson in 2002.
Black College Football Coaches Don’t Get Second Chances|Evin Demirel|January 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man, published a video in which he said that Glover should be given a chance.
Netflix and Marvel’s ‘Luke Cage’ and a Brief History of Black Superheroes|Chancellor Agard|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Now, 13 years later, Stan's little brother Matthew is back to avenge his death.
‘The Marshall Mathers LP 2’ Review: Eminem’s a Great Rapper With Nothing to Say|Rawiya Kameir|November 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
So when Amador shows up dead, Stan has sort of boxed himself into a corner.
‘The Americans’: Noah Emmerich on Playing Stan Beeman, ‘Jane Got a Gun,’ and More|Jason Lynch|May 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She done spread down a bed sheet, a sho nuff linen sheet, for us to stan' on, an' dey was a white pillow to kneel down on.
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Well, dar stan's a Yankee, an' he axes Missus Mary fer de smokehouse key.
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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.
Country Neighbors|Alice Brown
I hadn't time to think, for I had passed t' point, and t' chap couldn't stan' no more.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events|S. Baring-Gould
It's right ferninst where yer afther stan'in, up the stairs on the corner of Granefield Coort—over there, bedad.
Duffels|Edward Eggleston