Eminem's 'Stan' is officially a part of Oxford Dictionary

Seventeen years after Eminem first released '

Stan

',his hit single about a overzealous superfan, that song's title has officially entered the

Oxford

English Dictionary.

According to Oxford, 'stan' can be used both as a noun ('an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity') and a verb ('be an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity').


The dictionary also lists the origin of the word as 'Early 21st century: probably with allusion to the 2000 song 'Stan' by the American rapper Eminem, about an obsessed fan.' Even the sample sentence for the noun makes a reference to Slim Shady.

The example reads, "He has millions of stans who are obsessed with him and call him a rap god." This would not be the first time an artiste's lingo has made it to the dictionary: Kanye West's 'cray', Drake's 'YOLO' and Beyonce's 'Bootylicious' were previously added to the Oxford English Dictionary.