Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have

[Jorge]

Wtf is a Stan

It's basically a super fan. It's a combination of "Stalker" and "Fan." If you love something you "stan" it. Like I "stan" for St. Vincent. Or I "stan" for Pearl Jam.

what? no. well, you're half right. so super fan/stalker yes, but it's not a juxtaposition of those two words: it's just the name of the song/person in the Eminem song.

Well sure that's a common sense application. But according to Urban Dictionary, "stan" is a portmanteau of the words "stalker" and "fan," and refers to someone who is overly obsessed with a celebrity.

It's definitely from the Eminem song, the portmanteau must have been thought of retroactively

[verb_to_trust]

I need to come back to Idler Wheel someday. And yeah i hope she records something soon.

The googles tell me she is releasing a 2020 album.

[epilogue]

Wtf is a Stan

It's basically a super fan. It's a combination of "Stalker" and "Fan." If you love something you "stan" it. Like I "stan" for St. Vincent. Or I "stan" for Pearl Jam.

what? no. well, you're half right. so super fan/stalker yes, but it's not a juxtaposition of those two words: it's just the name of the song/person in the Eminem song.

Well sure that's a common sense application. But according to Urban Dictionary, "stan" is a portmanteau of the words "stalker" and "fan," and refers to someone who is overly obsessed with a celebrity.

It's definitely from the Eminem song, the portmanteau must have been thought of retroactively

Y'all would know better than me.

[E.H. Ruddock]

So, instead of saying you really like St. Vincent, you say you "stan" her? That might be the dumbest thing I've heard. I remember Stan from the Eminem song, and it definitely meant something different, so I guess I'm still confused?

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

I have a great idea.

Let's stop using terms that fucking Eminem invented.

Thanks.

[bart]

I would like a whole thread where Joey confidently but incorrectly explains things

[bodysnatcher]

we just got stansplained

[Jorge]

So, instead of saying you really like St. Vincent, you say you "stan" her? That might be the dumbest thing I've heard.

They don't quite mean the same thing, boomer.

[Chris_H_2]

So, instead of saying you really like St. Vincent, you say you "stan" her? That might be the dumbest thing I've heard.

They don't quite mean the same thing, boomer.

i'm still confused about joey first explaining the term as a noun then going ahead an using it as a verb.

[Kevin Davis]

So, instead of saying you really like St. Vincent, you say you "stan" her? That might be the dumbest thing I've heard.

They don't quite mean the same thing, boomer.

i'm still confused about joey first explaining the term as a noun then going ahead an using it as a verb.

In modern English, you can verb pretty much any noun.

[Jorge]

So, instead of saying you really like St. Vincent, you say you "stan" her? That might be the dumbest thing I've heard.

They don't quite mean the same thing, boomer.

i'm still confused about joey first explaining the term as a noun then going ahead an using it as a verb.

It's both! And it's in the dictionary now!

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stan

[bodysnatcher]

And English is the language we demand the world to speak??

[Jorge]

I assure you there is stupid, pop-culture-derived slang in just about every language

[bodysnatcher]

That’s whack

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[bodysnatcher]

ABNormal

[Jorge]

Jorge’s turn from RM trickster to just another old grump was inevitable, but it’s all happening so fast

I am teaching the grumps about slang and defending the slang from the grumps

[tragabigzanda]

[Jorge]

I was going to get you a projector for the holidays but I see it is not necessary because you are projecting all over me

[tragabigzanda]