(v.) to ascend to one's highest level of mediocrity
Origin: after William Shatner, actor, famous for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the hit 1960's TV show Star Trek. Less famous for everything else since then.
Origin: after William Shatner, actor, famous for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the hit 1960's TV show Star Trek. Less famous for everything else since then.
With the release of The Matrix trilogy, Keanu Reeves had clearly shatnered, as he will unlikely be able to achieve such awesomeness again unless, by some wondrous twist of fate, he is able to reprise his role as "Ted" Theodore Logan in the yet-to-be produced Broadway show "Bill and Ted's Excellent Musical Adventure."
by Kungfupower March 15, 2012
verb.
To defecate twice in someone’s home. Once somewhere obvious and a second in a hidden place. That way they clean up the obvious one but keep smelling the hidden one.
To defecate twice in someone’s home. Once somewhere obvious and a second in a hidden place. That way they clean up the obvious one but keep smelling the hidden one.
by Dre October 29, 2004
by Brokkr The Irishman January 15, 2012
Shatnerism is a disease spawned from William Shatner, well know for his roles as Captain Kirk from Star Trek, and Tevye from one version of Fiddler on the Roof. Shatnerism is a disease in which the victim pauses for dramatic effect after 2-4 syllables of speech.
by Larry F. Malarkie October 27, 2007
A term derived from the The First Star Trek William Shatner's acting: halting, punchy dialogue, delivered in a dry and self - mocking manner.
The First Batman - the 1st campy one, Adam West, out - shatnered himself while musing about The Riddler :
"The Riddler is loose to plague us...with his...criminal cunundrums!"
Props to Roger Moore
"The Riddler is loose to plague us...with his...criminal cunundrums!"
Props to Roger Moore
by Klaatu June 15, 2005
Did you see David Caruso on CSI: Miami last night? He was shatnering so hard I thought he'd bust a vein.
by David Bryant May 7, 2004
Named after William Shatner's famous method of acting where lines are delivered with long pauses between them, the shatner is a sexual move where when performing oral sex on a guy, the girl gags, vomits (the pause), and goes back to performing oral sex.
by QwerT June 15, 2004