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cuu508
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What is stans and pols?
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NiloCK
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A stan is a supporter/booster of
whatever
. I do not remember the origin.
Pol here is abbreviated
politician
.
csallen
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Comes from the Eminem song Stan, about an obsessed fan named Stan.
EA-3167
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It's also a portmanteau of "Stalker" and "Fan" allegedly, although my first awareness of it was the Eminem song you mentioned.
javascriptfan69
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from the eminem song stan (also possibly from super-fan)
HDBaseT
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Where's the "T" come from?
advael
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I had heard the folk etymology "stalker fan"
orta
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It's a reference to the name Stanley, 'stan' is the signature at the end of letters being read in the song
dullcrisp
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Stanley is a toponymic surname, a contraction of stan (a form of "stone") and leigh (meadow), later also being used as a masculine given name.
mcv
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'T' is the second letter of the name 'Stan', the obsessed superfan in the song.
Razengan
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Cringespeak against whatever the poster is really really butthurt about.
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