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unstan en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ʌnˈstæn/

Etymology

From un- + stan.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To stop acting as a stan (for); to cease to be an obsessive fan (of).
   • The night was ruined, and she went home in a rage. “I was really upset in the moment,” she said. “I had a picture of him [Harry Styles] standing on the flag and I was so mad. I had even considered just unstanning completely because it was so awful. I went off the rails.” 2022, Kaitlyn Tiffany, Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page unknown:
   • He now has a flesh-colored situation covering his cheeks and chin, and it’s making people unstan. […] Noah tried to post a video saying he didn’t bleach his beard, but these eyeballs don’t lie. And this news is so distressing that some fans are threatening to unstan him. 2019 September 16, Shannon Barbour, “Noah Centineo Just Bleached His Beard and It’s Literally Making His Fans Unstan”, in Cosmopolitan:
   • It's indisputable that Kendall Jenner is a powerhouse in today's world of entertainment and fashion. But after what have many seen as multiple misguided choices, one prominent fan account has decided to take a stand and actively unstan the 21-year-old. 2017 July 11, Gabe Bergado, “Popular Kendall Jenner Fan Account Has Decided to Stop Supporting Her”, in Teen Vogue:

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