Phan
See also: Appendix:Variations of "phan"
English
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Etymology 1
Noun
Phan (plural Phans)
- (slang) A fan of the American rock band Phish.
- 2000 September 23, “Eclectic crowd catches Phish”, in The Washington Times:
- Phish "phans" compile set lists, take notes on performances and tape-record everything from a section designated for them at each show.
- 2006 July 9, “Wanna try the meaning of life?”, in Oakland Tribune:
- But none were as crazy as this one -- when Phish's tie-dyed "Phans" danced in the aisles, sang along to the music and generally created a scene that recalled the Grateful Dead's glory daze.
- 2012 August 20, Jim Harrington, “Review: Phish closes SF stand on legendary note”, in Contra Costa Times:
- It was the type of evening -- an entirely mesmerizing and moving two-set concert filled with superb musicianship and incredible improvisation -- that made the undying devotion of the "phans" seem quite logical.
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Etymology 2
Proper noun
Phan
- (fandom slang) The real-person fiction ship of YouTube personalities Daniel Howell and Phil Lester.
- 2018 June, Emily E. Roach, “The homoerotics of the boyband, queerbaiting and RPF in pop music fandoms”, in The Journal of Fandom Studies, volume 6, number 2:
- In 2017 Tumblr fandometrics identified that two of the ten most reblogged ships were RPF ships. YouTube vloggers Dan Howell and Phil Lester, whose ship portmanteau is Phan, […]
- 2019 June 24, Jade Tan, “All Aboard The Ship”, in The High, International School of Lausanne, page 10:
- In hindsight, I now regret the errors of my ways (flashback to the time I was embarrassingly obsessed with Phan, the romantic pairing of YouTubers Daniel Howell and Phil Lester) as I find it uncomfortable to see people make the mistakes I once did.
- 2020 May, Sherin John Francis, Kavya Purushothaman, “Fanfiction: A Study as An Uprising Genre in LIterature”, in Purakala, volume 31, number 30, page 28:
- Fans were so frenzied by the idea of a romantic relationship between them that Phan has always maintained a spot in the top five of Yearly Top Ships on Tumblr for the past three years.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Vietnamese Phan.
Proper noun
Phan
- A surname from Vietnamese.
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Phan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɦan]
Proper noun
Phan m anim (female equivalent Phanová)
- a surname from Vietnamese
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “Phan”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Phan.
Proper noun
Phan m or f
- a surname from Vietnamese
Indonesian
Etymology
Proper noun
Phan
- a surname from Hakka
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 潘.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a surname from Chinese