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Stan

/stæn/

(sometimes derogatory) An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.

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📖 Definitions of "Stan"

noun

1
(sometimes derogatory) An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.
"IU stan; BTS stan; K-pop stan"

verb

1
To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).
"We stan a queen."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Stan"

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lainoun	(historical) A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance, with stanzas that do not repeat.
statusnoun	A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
picturenoun	A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
conditionnoun	A state or quality.
nathannoun	A male given name from Hebrew, of Biblical origin.
tonnoun	Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:
csnoun	Initialism of computer science. [The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.]
tajikistannoun	A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Tajikistan. Capital: Dushanbe.
laurelnoun	(figuratively, chiefly in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame.
marynoun	(religion) The mother of Jesus, believed in Christianity and Islam to have been a virgin at his birth, and believed by some Christians to have been born herself without sin, to have ascended to Heaven without death, and to act as a sympathetic intermediary for believers.
-stannoun	Alternative letter-case form of stan. (second etymology) [(Internet slang, sometimes derogatory) An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.]
alexnoun	A unisex given name from Ancient Greek.
stanleynoun	A habitational surname from Old English.
getznoun	A surname.
enthusiastnoun	A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
superfannoun	An extremely dedicated fan
fanaticnoun	A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.
devoteenoun	An ardent enthusiast or admirer.
admirernoun	One who admires.
aficionadonoun	A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee.