An involuntary gesture characterized mainly by a shoulder twitch and outstretched palms of the hand. Always accompanied with a Shatner pause. The gesture received its namesake from William Shatner's portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek, who incorporated this into the character.
Can also be applied in real world situations to bring emphasis to an upcoming statement.
Can also be applied in real world situations to bring emphasis to an upcoming statement.
Proctologist: Ok get ready, you may feel some pressure.
Patient: Please doctor, I'm *Shatner shift* accustomed to being under pressure
Patient: Please doctor, I'm *Shatner shift* accustomed to being under pressure
by JonJacobJingleHeimerSchmidt July 22, 2019
by Erick Johnson II January 17, 2022
A gesture to when the government finds out a particular individual has died and, as a result of them finding out, that individual’s rights change. This change consists in them permanently losing some of their legal rights and protections; as well as having many of their other rights and protections significantly weakened.
Kade: Where were you last Friday? You never showed to attend the meeting we had scheduled to talk about our group project.
Hannah: Sorry about that. My mom died of cardiac arrest and I had to deal with all of the government paperwork related to her owing taxes, make her burial arrangements, get a legal pronouncement of death to begin the work necessary to acquire death certificates for her, tell all of my relatives about her passing, and arrange for her pet cat to find a new home.
Kade: I’m sorry for your loss. How are you holding up with all of this?
Hannah: I am doing alright. I’ve already taken care of most of the important tasks that I have to take care of. My only major concern is the rights shift. Considering she died, most her legal rights and protections have either been greatly weakened or eliminated; and as her only living child, the responsibility of monitoring the government to ensure they appropriately enforce those rights and protections in the event that certain crimes, like grave robbery, occur falls to me. This is especially concerning given that I heard that a series of grave robberies that appear to be related to each occurred in some of the towns that are nearby the town she is buried, which they have not been able to find and identify the perpetrator yet.
Kade: I can definitely see why you are concerned given the situation and everything going on.
Hannah: Sorry about that. My mom died of cardiac arrest and I had to deal with all of the government paperwork related to her owing taxes, make her burial arrangements, get a legal pronouncement of death to begin the work necessary to acquire death certificates for her, tell all of my relatives about her passing, and arrange for her pet cat to find a new home.
Kade: I’m sorry for your loss. How are you holding up with all of this?
Hannah: I am doing alright. I’ve already taken care of most of the important tasks that I have to take care of. My only major concern is the rights shift. Considering she died, most her legal rights and protections have either been greatly weakened or eliminated; and as her only living child, the responsibility of monitoring the government to ensure they appropriately enforce those rights and protections in the event that certain crimes, like grave robbery, occur falls to me. This is especially concerning given that I heard that a series of grave robberies that appear to be related to each occurred in some of the towns that are nearby the town she is buried, which they have not been able to find and identify the perpetrator yet.
Kade: I can definitely see why you are concerned given the situation and everything going on.
by Vanguard 1998 April 13, 2021
(Verb) The unethical act of your Precinct's Captain or Lieutenant (in some cases Sergeant), assigning a shift to you with no prior notice or attempts to inform you.
The Soft Shift is typically accompanied by a firm, "come on (your name)... I know you saw it on your schedule... and now I don't have any other Officers to get it covered..."
by Salty_LEO_1984 July 26, 2019
If you say something like gtg and brb to your mates in a chat room, and you go off to help your parents, this may be the beginning of your longish afk shift.
by Sexydimma March 07, 2022
Trick you can irritate your friends with if they have a Chromebook, the shortcut causes their Chromebook to go to homepage where after they'll have to type their password to get back to the page they were first. But this trick is way less powerful then the almighty trick "ctrl+shift+qq"
Student 1: How's it goingggg?
Student 2: Look there.
Student 2: "taps shift+search+l"
Student 1: Aw come on man, why do you have to be so irritating?
Student 3: Sneaks a "ctrl+shift+qq" while they're arguing.
Student 2: Oh come on man, now we'll have to log all the way back in to get back to where we were in our history project.
Student 1: If it's all gone, you're done for student 3.
Student 2: Look there.
Student 2: "taps shift+search+l"
Student 1: Aw come on man, why do you have to be so irritating?
Student 3: Sneaks a "ctrl+shift+qq" while they're arguing.
Student 2: Oh come on man, now we'll have to log all the way back in to get back to where we were in our history project.
Student 1: If it's all gone, you're done for student 3.
by Rish-the_dictionarist November 23, 2024
by the avrg neo-nazi January 28, 2024