Phan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "phan"

English

Alternative forms

• phan

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Blend of Phish +‎ fan.

Noun

Phan (plural Phans)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• Phishhead

Etymology 2

Blend of Phil +‎ Dan.

Proper noun

Phan

1. (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

1. A surname from Vietnamese.

Anagrams

• PANH

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Phan.

Proper noun

Phan m anim

1. a surname from Vietnamese

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Phan.

Proper noun

Phan m or f

1. a surname from Vietnamese

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 潘 (pān).

Proper noun

Phan

1. a surname from Hakka

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 潘.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [faːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [faːŋ˧˧]
• Homophone: phang

Proper noun

Phan • (潘)

1. a surname from Chinese