To shan someone is to sexually harass a person in a social setting such as in a club, a bar, a house party, ... in an unashamed and perverted fashion. Often done by virgins and closet gays as a way to appear as "playas" in front of their peers.
Dude I went clubbing with this douchebag the other day, and he just totally attempted to shan some girl. She ran away crying and he was like "bro she's totally lesbo, she's lucky I even wanted to shan her".
by only1213 April 28, 2012
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Popular misspelling/abbreviation/repetition of the word shenanigans. Means to gather a group of friends (preferrably 5 or 6), pile them into a Mitsubishi Chariot (or other suitable motor vehicle), drive around the city streets, yelling miscellaneous phrases out of the windows, including, but not limited to "How's your Aunty?" and capturing it all on a digital video camera for one's viewing pleasure thereafter.
- "Man, those shan shans were awesome last night aye?"
- "Yeah man, go the shan shans!"
by Captain Starlight January 31, 2005
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When you desperately want a relationship so you convince yourself you have a crush on someone close to you. This can sometimes end in you telling them you like them and them rejecting you, leading to the end of your friendship.
"I'm totally shanning Chris right now"

"Do you really have a crush on Emily?"
"I don't know just think I'm shanning her"
by DevilBabyHairs July 12, 2017
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1. To talk shit and get hit.

2. To try your best at sports such as football and track and end up being a horrible thing to watch.

3. To eat your fortune along with the cookie at a Chinese food buffet.

4. To viciously masturbate mentally
1. If you keep shanning then shits going down.

2. I was shanning so hard in practice today, I have to find a way to not suck.

3. We were sitting in the restaurant and out of nowhere this dumbass just starts shanning.

4. My mom caught me shanning to my imaginary girlfriend while i was playing xbox.
by Ol Dirty Drawz March 25, 2011
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Shan is a grandma and is offensive. She also bangs chan and it’s HORRIFYING SOMEONE HELP.
Her teachers call her san san bc they have some weird ass accent
“OMG SHAN SHAN IS BANGING CHAN SOMEONE CALL 911
by cute girl 121 May 28, 2019
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A word English chavs think is their own unique word but it's just another from Scots which has been in regular use in Scotland for hundreds of years. Earliest example from the work of Allan Ramsay, a Scots makar from the 17th century.

Has a variety of meanings including worn-out, unfair, frightened, and more. Of obscure origin. Possibly from old Scottish Gaelic 'sean', meaning old, worn, ancient.
yeah man, that's shan innit?!
using Scots words again, minger?
wot you on abaht? this is ours! we invented it man!
by knawlege304 October 22, 2011
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1) A Northern English scally term used to express unfairness:

2) A Northern English scally term used to vocalise embarrassment:

3) A Buddhist word to describe the compassionate fundamental nature of Great Enlightened Beings...
1) Wayne: "Maccy D's have barred us it's proper shan... tho I s'pose I did pull me kecks down and throw a pickle at a member of staff..."

2) "Your uncle is Pat Sharp... what a shan!!"

(To make a shan of oneself is to publicly embarrass oneself. ie "I made a shan of myself." Shant is it's past participle. ie "I was pure shant last night" or "I was shant reet up like, eh!")

3) man: "Dalai Lama... why is it that the more I think of people's inherently loving nature, my compassion for humanity grows?"

Dalai Lama: "You're pure shan...."
by thewilderness September 23, 2011
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