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
by Klaatu June 15, 2005
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Overacting without the underlying skill to pull it off. See "Hambone."
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
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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.
The first time she tried to deep throat, she pulled a shatner.
by QwerT June 15, 2004
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To sing a song like you're reading the lyrics in a low voice, the same way William Shatner does.
Yeah, I loved that bit in Family Guy where Stewie was Shatnering Rocket man.
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1. To deliberately produce something so bad it's good. Creating something genuinely campy would be the perfect shatnerization. While not quite as unachievable as exceeding the speed of light, perfect shatnerization is as difficult as bowling a perfect game.
(Note: This does not infer that Shatner's early musical works are deliberately campy. They do, however, set a standard.)

2. To parody yourself (a la William Shatner's commercials for Priceline).
The "How Berkley Can You Be" parade is a day for Berkleyites to shatnerize themselves.

Newsweek: Doesn't it bother you that your version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" is a camp classic?

William Shatner: ...yes, in the beginning it bothered methat people singled it out and poked fun at it. They didn't know what I was doing. The album, "The Transformed Man" is much more extensive than that song. But since people only heard that song, I went along with the joke.

Newsweek: Uhh...OK Bill.
by Mandingoe September 26, 2004
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the facial expression made famous by pornstars. in which they show there teeth while sucking in air in an attempt to look hot.
o man, this girl was jerking me off yesterday and she did The Shatner
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A niche sexual fetish combining food fetishes with foot fetishes. To perform a Shatner you slather your lover’s toes in Mayo, wrap their feet in sandwich fixins (usually bologna and American cheese), then gorge yourself on the delectable sweet feet meat treat you have created. It is unclear why this act is called a Shatner.
Babe, be here at 10pm and bring sandwich fixins. Imma Shatner you all night long.
by Bexxx210 April 17, 2021
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