stan
/stan
/informal
noun
An overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity: he has millions of stans who are obsessed with him and call him a rap god...
- I swear I've been a stan of hers since I was five.
- The charging infrastructure isn't widespread enough to justify long-distance travel yet, so it's not an even trade unless you're a Tesla stan.
- I'm an Outkast stan, so pretty much anything and everything they've done makes me happy.
verb (stans, stanning, stanned) [no object]
Be an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity: y’all know I stan for Katy Perry, so I was excited to see the artwork for her upcoming album...
- I admit I used to stan for Mariah when I was eight.
- I don't care what anyone says, that performance proves why I have stanned for this man since 1998.
- I have stanned for Korean pop groups for the longest time, sadly without much success.
Origin
Early 21st century: probably with allusion to the 2000 song “Stan” by the American rapper Eminem, about an obsessed fan.
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