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Before 'Fans,' There Were 'Kranks,' 'Longhairs,' and 'Lions'

• YooLi 2y ago
  OnlyKranks?
• kurthr 2y ago
  I love this history, but I can't help but add the more recent evolution of "stan". I feel like I saw this on HN, but I can't find it in algolia so I'll post it again. https://theoutline.com/post/2425/when-stan-became-a-verb# https://theoutline.com/post/2425/when-stan-became-a-verb# p.s. I have found a couple of comment references (e.g. credit_guy), but they're all from almost a year ago.
  • sdwr 2y ago
    > the first recorded use of "stan" as a verb ... was in a tweet from April 2008. It got no replies, no retweets, and no likes.
• deleted 2y ago
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