"Stan Twitter" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: From stan (“extremely obsessed fan”). Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Stan Twitter
  1. (Internet) A community of fans on Twitter, centering around shared interest in celebrities, television shows, movies, and social media. Wikipedia link: Stan Twitter Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Fandom, Internet, Twitter Synonyms: stantwt
    Sense id: en-Stan_Twitter-en-name-xzDKdTK1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2020, \"Grace\", quoted in Hannah Ewens, Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture, page 170",
          "text": "Stan Twitter has kept going even when 1D [One Direction] didn't."
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