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  stan

  noun

  an overly enthusiastic fan, especially of a celebrity.
• Stan
  Stan

  noun

  a male given name, form of Stanley.
• -stan
  -stan

  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.

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Slang dictionary results for stan.

stan

¹ American  

[stan] / stæn /

noun

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

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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 American  

[stan] / stæn /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Stanley.

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-stan ³ American  

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.

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Etymology

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 -stan³

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

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“I would say that my nachos are mine, and I invented them,” she told Entertainment Weekly when asked about a viral stan meme that claims she’s “reheating her own nachos” in the album’s “Abracadabra.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

Maybe it’s cause matchmaking the Chalamets with fans feels forced like a stan Twitter, parasocial delusion.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024

“We stan a messy queen, and having one on Capitol Hill is the best thing that’s happened in Congress in ages,” his office said in a press release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2024

But younger generations are increasingly motivated by the idea of brand loyalty that comes with being a stan of the global superstars dominating the charts, whether it’s Taylor Swift, BTS, Billie Eilish, or Beyoncé.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2024

The time to stan worrying about how things worked was when they broke down or fell apart, and not before.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Gensler is also working with Rams owner Stan Kroenke on his planned $10-million Rams Village mixed-use complex that goes far beyond offices and practice facilities for the football team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Just four months after Arsenal won the Premier League under the ownership of US billionaire Stan Kroenke, Liverpool's hierarchy have opted for outside investment in a bid to regain the crown.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

“My guess would be that the rest of the year will, if anything, see slower jobs growth than what we’ve seen so far,” said the American Enterprise Institute’s Stan Veuger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Emanuel’s colleague Stan Shipley expects companies to beat earnings-per-share forecasts by 7% this quarter, which is more than double the rate companies beat earnings pre-pandemic.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Stan allowed you to come here to do your parents a favor, but also because we need to start selectively sharing this secret with our posterity.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull