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to be a stan

to be a stan

9.9
To be a very loyal fan who supports a famous person or group strongly
  • idiom
  • Slang
translation icon : ser un fanático
  • People sometimes tease him for being a stan of superhero comics.

Examples

  • On social media, many users are proud of being a stan for their favorite actor.

  • She admits to being a stan for that band since she was a teenager.

  • I am a stan for Taylor Swift.

  • He was a stan of BTS before they became famous.

  • Many fans will be a stan for their favorite artists by attending all their concerts.

  • She proudly be a stan for Taylor Swift, following her on every social media platform.

  • To be a stan means dedicating your time and energy to support a celebrity relentlessly.

Synonyms

to fangirl
vsto be a stan
  • Slang
1 8.4

To act very excited about a celebrity or show

is an obsessive fan mainly focused on celebrities or artists

Antonyms

indifferently
4 4.0

Showing no interest or care

How Devoted

to be a stan
  • Slang
9.9
to like
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

be a stan infinitive
was a stan past
been a stan past participle
being a stan present participle
is a stan third person singular

Morphology

be + a + stan

The phrase is a simple copula + article + noun construction: if a learner knows 'be' and the noun 'stan' (intensely devoted fan), they can directly infer that 'be a stan' means to act as or identify as such a fan. Although 'stan' is slang and relatively recent, the meaning is fully compositional from its parts, making the MWE predictable for learners who know the constituent words.

Etymology

Be a stan comes from the 2000 Eminem song 'Stan', about a fan so obsessed he wrote many letters and took extreme actions. That strong picture made stan mean 'a very devoted, sometimes too extreme, fan', so to be a stan is to act like that kind of fan.