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stan
English
Etymology 1
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.
Alternative forms
- Stan
Pronunciation
- (UK, North America) IPA(key): /stæn/
- enPR: st?n
- Rhymes: -æn
Noun
stan (plural stans)
- (slang, sometimes derogatory) An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.
- 2011, Vanessa Spates, "Whether in Britney's Army or Rihanna's Navy, stans need to surrender to sanity", The Lantern (Ohio State University), Volume 132, Number 16, 11 October 2011, page 9A:
- I know the in-depth detailed life of a stan because I am one. I'm one of those Lady Gaga fans, […]
- 2013, "Selena Gomez: She Is My Queen", Sunday Tribune (South Africa), 17 March 2013:
- I am the biggest stan for Selena because she is my queen. She made Disney interesting and I have always watched her.
- 2013, Jake Folsom, "Stans take dedication to extreme heights online, in real life", Washington Square News, Volume 41, Number 104, 5 December 2013, page 11:
- Incidents have occurred with stans showing up to pop stars' residences, as has happened with Madonna, Taylor Swift and others.
- 2011, Vanessa Spates, "Whether in Britney's Army or Rihanna's Navy, stans need to surrender to sanity", The Lantern (Ohio State University), Volume 132, Number 16, 11 October 2011, page 9A:
Hypernyms
- megafan, superfan, trufan, uberfan
Hyponyms
- sasaeng (K-pop fandom)
Verb
stan (third-person singular simple present stans, present participle stanning, simple past and past participle stanned)
- (slang, transitive, intransitive) To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:stan.
Translations
Etymology 2
Back-formation from -stan
Alternative forms
- Stan, 'Stan, 'stan, -stan, -Stan
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /st??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /stæn/
- enPR: stän
Noun
stan (plural stans)
- One of the stans; any of the ex-Soviet countries and their neighbours whose name ends with "-stan" such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.
Further reading
- "Stan" fans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Stan Twitter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- ASNT, NTAs, Nast, Nats, Sant, Tans, Tsan, ants, nats, tans
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *stan? (“lodging”). Compare Bulgarian ???? (stan, “camp”), Serbo-Croatian st?n (“apartment”); non-Slavic cognates include Romanian stân? and Greek ????? (stáni).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stan/
Noun
stan m (indefinite plural stane, definite singular stani, definite plural stanet)
- shepherd's hut
- herd of sheep or other livestock
Declension
Related terms
- tëbanë, bun
Derived terms
- stanar, stanore
References
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *stan?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?stan]
- Rhymes: -an
Noun
stan m
- tent
Declension
Further reading
- stan in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- stan in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Middle English
Noun
stan (plural stanes or stan)
- Alternative form of stone
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *st?n?.
Verb
st?n
- to stand
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- antst?n
- bist?n
- farst?n
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: stâen
- Dutch: staan
- Afrikaans: staan
- Limburgish: staon
- Dutch: staan
Further reading
- “st?n”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh?no-, *stih?-no- (a suffixed form of *steyh?- (“to be solid, to crowd together”)); cognate with Old Frisian st?n, Old Frisian st?n, Old Dutch stein (Dutch steen), Old High German stein (German Stein), Old Norse steinn (Danish sten, Swedish sten), Gothic ???????????????????????? (stains). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ????? (stîon, “pebble”), Proto-Slavic *st?n?- (Bulgarian ????? (stena), Russian ?????? (stená), Czech st?na (“wall”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??n/
Noun
st?n m
- stone
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: stan, stane, stayn, ston, stoan, stoon, stone
- English: stone, styen (Northumbrian)
- Scots: stane
- Yola: sthoan
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- standan
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *st?n?.
Verb
st?n
- to stand
Conjugation
Descendants
- Middle Low German: st?n
- German Low German: stahn
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *stan?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stan/
Noun
stan m inan
- state (of affairs), condition
- state (political division of the United States)
- (rare) state (sovereign polity)
Declension
Further reading
- stan in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- stan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *stan?, from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand, stay”), whence also st?ti (“to stand”), st?viti (“to set, place”), st?do (“herd”) and st?l (“table”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stâ?n/
- Rhymes: -â?n
Noun
st?n m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- flat, apartment
- loom (tkàla?k? st?n)
Declension
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:stan.
Derived terms
- stàmben?
- stàn?r
- s?stan?r
- s?stan?rka
- s?stan?r
References
- “stan” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *stan?, from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand, stay”), whence also stá? (“to stand”), stavi? (“to set, place”), stádo (“herd”) and stôl (“table”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?stan/
- Rhymes: -an
Noun
stan m (genitive singular stanu, nominative plural stany, genitive plural stanov, declension pattern of dub)
- tent
- (slang) erection, hard-on
Declension
Further reading
- stan in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swedish
Alternative forms
- sta'n
Etymology
Contraction of staden, definite singular of stad.
Noun
stan
- (colloquial) the town, the city
- på stan
- downtown
- på stan
Usage notes
- Stockholmers insist that stan always refers to Stockholm and no other cities. The phrase inte i stan (“not in the town”) to them means outside of Stockholm, but to other Swedes it means outside of any town, i.e. in the countryside.
Anagrams
- sant
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megafan
English
Etymology
mega- +? fan
Noun
megafan (plural megafans)
- (geology) A very large mass of clastic sediment deposited by a laterally mobile river system that fans out from the outlet from a large mountainous drainage network.
- (informal) An obsessively enthusiastic fan.
Synonyms
- (extreme fan): stan, superfan, trufan, uberfan
Anagrams
- fangame, namefag
megafan From the web:
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