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stan | rabid |

As a noun stan

is tin.

As a verb stan

is to stare.

As an adjective rabid is

affected with rabies.

stan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An extremely loyal and obsessed fan, particularly one whose fixation with a celebrity 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.

    Hypernyms

    * megafan, superfan, trufan, uberfan ----

    rabid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Affected with rabies.
  • a rabid dog or fox
  • Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.
  • a rabid virus
  • Furious; raging; extremely violent.
  • very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; comparable to one with rabies.
  • a rabid socialist
    rabid Green Bay Packers fans

    Quotations

    * The rabid flight, Of winds that ruin ships. -- Chapman

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