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name
A municipality in southeast Slovenia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A diminutive of the male given name Stanley.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A diminutive of the male given name Stanislav.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname from Romanian.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory, sometimes
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Broader terms: megafan, superfan, otaku, trash, trufan, uberfan, fan, follower, admirer, aficionado, buff, connoisseur, enthusiast, devotee, maniac, fanatic, fancier, fancy, fiend, freak, geek, junkie, partisan, rooter, zealot
noun
A country, often ex-Soviet, whose name ends with -stan, such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, or Kazakhstan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of stan (a type of superfan)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of stan (country whose name ends with -stan)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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verb
To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, slang, transitive
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History
Clipping of Stanley.
From Stan (“Stanley”), after the song "Stan" by Eminem (2000), a fictitious account of the rapper's encounter with an overly obsessive fan named Stan. Sometimes assumed to be a blend of stalker + fan, but perhaps simply chosen for the rhyme.
Back-formation from -stan.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *os Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam Middle Persian -stʾn' Classical Persian ـِستَانbor. English -stan English Stan From -stan.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
