stan
an overly enthusiastic fan, especially of a celebrity.
to be an overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something: He's my fave rapper but I don't stan for him.
Origin of stan
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Other definitions for Stan (2 of 3)
a male given name, form of Stanley.
Other definitions for -stan (3 of 3)
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.
Origin of -stan
3Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use stan in a sentence
It wasn’t until years later, after I became good friends with stan, knew him to the day he died, and loved him dearly, that I knew Joanie was his absolute beloved and that he couldn’t mention someone who came before her.
Kevin Smith on Coining ‘Bennifer’ and Trying to Save His Hero Stan Lee | Marlow Stern | October 25, 2021 | The Daily BeastMore troubling, she left behind her phone and the reverberations of an argument with stan.
Best new audiobooks to listen to this month | Katherine A. Powers | October 18, 2021 | Washington PostThe name “stan” was a reference to her grandfather, but Petito never referred to him in that way, the warrant says.
FBI asks public for help finding Gabby Petito’s fiance after autopsy shows she died by homicide | Timothy Bella, Kim Bellware | September 22, 2021 | Washington PostWhen 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 Poststan, 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 | THE DAILY BEASTArkansas, 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 | THE DAILY BEASTstan 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 | THE DAILY BEASTNow, 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 | THE DAILY BEASTSo 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 | THE DAILY BEASTstan'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 BrownI 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-GouldIt's right ferninst where yer afther stan'in, up the stairs on the corner of Granefield Coort—over there, bedad.
Duffels | Edward EgglestonMiss Alice is ergwine ter stan twixt yu und de jedge, dats who.
The Broken Sword | Dennison Worthington"I'm agwine to stan betwixt yu und de jedge, dats who," replied Clarissa consequentially.
The Broken Sword | Dennison Worthington
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