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Old 15-01-2011, 17:01
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I see the word all over this forum wtf does it mean?
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Old 15-01-2011, 17:09
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It means an obsessive/over the top/stalker type fan of an artist. Taken from the Eminem song of the same name.
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Old 15-01-2011, 17:09
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stalker / fan - stan.

It just means somone who is completely infatuated with a certain artist.
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Old 15-01-2011, 17:30
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Really?

That's clever, i never got why that song was called Stan but now I do.

God i feel really stupid.
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Old 15-01-2011, 17:32
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Stan makes no sence, Sfan would be better

I get the eminem refrence though.
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Old 15-01-2011, 17:36
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I'm not really sure.
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Old 15-01-2011, 17:40
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stalker-fan = stan.
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Old 15-01-2011, 19:15
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Really?

That's clever, i never got why that song was called Stan but now I do.

God i feel really stupid.
lol me too, i just thought it was called stan because that was the guys name

I agree, it's very clever though
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Old 15-01-2011, 19:20
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I've never met the artists I 'stan' for, but I call myself one anyways lol
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Old 15-01-2011, 19:36
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You really do learn something new every day, I never knew that!
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Old 16-01-2011, 09:44
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embarrassingly, as an oldie, i didnt realise the referance either in 'stan', i thought too that it was his name!
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Old 16-01-2011, 12:28
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I never knew that either omg, and Stan is like in my top 10 fave songs ever
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Old 16-01-2011, 12:50
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embarrassingly, as an oldie, i didnt realise the referance either in 'stan', i thought too that it was his name!
It wasn't his name? I always thought it was.

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Old 16-01-2011, 16:00
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embarrassingly, as an oldie, i didnt realise the referance either in 'stan', i thought too that it was his name!
It was his name, I'm sure he signs his letters off saying 'Stan.' It's just a play on words too, because it can also be a portmanteau of stalker/fan.

And now, people who love a particular celebrity have taken the name and they are that celebrity's 'stans'
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Old 16-01-2011, 17:42
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It was his name in the song, he says in one of the verses:

Truly yours, your biggest fan
This is Stan
When people refer to themselves as a stan now, I don't think they mean it like in the song. I'm sure most people wouldn't go crazy over a singer.
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Old 16-01-2011, 18:04
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It was his name in the song, he says in one of the verses:



When people refer to themselves as a stan now, I don't think they mean it like in the song. I'm sure most people wouldn't go crazy over a singer.
Erm, have you been on the internet before?
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Old 16-01-2011, 18:11
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When people refer to themselves as a stan now, I don't think they mean it like in the song. I'm sure most people wouldn't go crazy over a singer.
Lol, try twitter.
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Old 16-01-2011, 18:43
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It was his name, I'm sure he signs his letters off saying 'Stan.' It's just a play on words too, because it can also be a portmanteau of stalker/fan.

And now, people who love a particular celebrity have taken the name and they are that celebrity's 'stans'
no i meant i knew it was his name but not why it was his name
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Old 16-01-2011, 18:55
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It was his name in the song, he says in one of the verses:



When people refer to themselves as a stan now, I don't think they mean it like in the song. I'm sure most people wouldn't go crazy over a singer.
Remember Chris Crocker?
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Old 16-01-2011, 19:25
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Remember Chris Crocker?
Oh, Lord.
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Old 16-01-2011, 19:25
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To all who qouted me: I still stand by what I said, those are only a few people. Most people aren't as silly as that and even the crazy ones probably only act like that because the Internet is anonymous. Chris Crocker was just an attention seeker.
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Old 16-01-2011, 19:29
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Remember Chris Crocker?
Or, more disturbingly, Mark Chapman and John Hinckley Jr.
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Old 16-01-2011, 19:30
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Or, more disturbingly, Mark Chapman and John Hinckley Jr.
True.

But they weren't on the internet.
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Old 16-01-2011, 19:30
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I agree Stan is used loosely now. A fan is now a casual fan. Stan is more of a diehard fan.
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Old 16-01-2011, 19:45
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True.

But they weren't on the internet.
Having said that, the character Stan from the Eminem video wasn't on the Internet either. He sent all his correspondence by snail mail.
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