Eminem’s profound impact on pop culture is expanding. According to an article by the Detroit Free Press, “Stan” is among 640 new words and meanings that have been added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Taken from Slim Shady’s iconic hit “Stan,” the noun is defined as “an extremely or excessively enthusiastic and devoted fan.”
It also gets a verb entry, which is defined as “when someone stans, stanned or is stanning a favorite celebrity.”
Both uses are described as slang with its etymology traced to the 2000 song.
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As Genius points out, “Stan” is already included in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Oxford defines the word as “an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity.” They credit its origins correctly as this century but says it’s only “probably” alluding to the 2000 song “Stan.”
An Oxford blog post by former intern Lili Feinberg made the case for the word’s addition in 2015 when she “observed its absence from the dictionary.”
Finally Stan its in the dictionary lol after 19 yrs. YOLO got part of the dictionary some yrz bk. Enywayz who carez we all came up wit new wordz ev’day and new slang. Im jus gona leave it as dat. Much respect
Oxford dictionary is more standard and Stan has been in that for a long time, actually it was in the dictionary for a few years before anyone even noticed… “finally”
………. I read this like how imagine how stupid you probably sound..
It’s been officially in the Oxford dictionary for like 5 years sooooo *yawn*
It’s weird their is no mention of Nas since he’s the guy that actually popularized Stan to describe someone. Before, that it was just a name in a Eminem’s song.
Ummm no. That was a skit on a NWA album. Before Nas, before Em.