Stan Twitter

proper noun

A community of fans on Twitter, centering around shared interest in celebrities, television shows, movies, and social media.

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proper noun
  1. InternetA community of fans on Twitter, centering around shared interest in celebrities, television shows, movies, and social media.

    Stan Twitter has kept going even when 1D [One Direction] didn't.

    2020, "Grace", quoted in Hannah Ewens, Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture, page 170
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    Stan Twitter and fans of Tinashe's pop agenda have been craving the release, thanks to lead 2016 single "Superlove."

    2017, "Fall semester smashes", The Spectrum (University at Buffalo), 18 September 2017, page 6

    Even if she only gets to see her friends from Stan Twitter at concerts, their friendship is genuine.

    2020 October 7, Dylan Yono, “Twitter stans and superfans”, in The Michigan Daily, The University of Michigan, page 11

    Synonyms: stantwt

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA community of fans on Twitter, centering around shared interest in celebrities, television shows, movies, and social media.

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Origin

From stan (“extremely obsessed fan”).

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APA

Stan Twitter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stan%20Twitter

MLA

“Stan Twitter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stan%20Twitter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stan Twitter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stan%20Twitter.

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