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shemping 

(v) Derived from the time after the second era of Shemp with The Three Stooges; Shemp suffered a heart attack and they needed to replace him with someone that looked like him to finish shots from the sides and from behind.
- The act of replacing an actor/actress for picture shots when it is physically impossible to have the actor/actress
Using Martin Sheen's brother for over-the-shoulder shots in "Apocalypse Now!" was a stealthy example of shemping.
shemping by freakingweet December 13, 2005

shemping 

A film technique in which an actor who quits or dies in the middle of filming a movie is replaced by a lookalike who is shot mostly from the back. Named for Shemp Howard, a member of the Three Stooges who died of a stroke during the production of several Stooges films.
In the middle of the film "Return of the Pink Panther," Inspector Jaques Clouseau's plane crashed into the ocean, presumably to hide the fact that the actor that portrayed him, Peter Sellers, had just died. In a few shots, Inspector Clouseau is seen from the back as an actor impersonates his voice, a technique known as "shemping."
shemping by Andrew Maxwell Triska December 28, 2005

Sheeping Bag 

A makeshift sleeping bag made from the coat of a sheep. Seen in Episode 4, Season 5 Man vs Wild.
"A sheeping bag is what is is."
Sheeping Bag by Maax Himself October 22, 2008

Shamping 

Camping where any inconvenience is rectified by driving to the nearest store and purchasing whatever will make yoy more comfortable.

In other words Sham-camping.
When we were shamping, we went to Walmart and bought an inflatable couch, plug in fridge and ate at the McDonalds.

We wrote this definition on a blackberry while we were shamping.
Shamping by UrbanWombat July 18, 2009

Sheeping 

The act of following someone in a straight line and needing to be directed in which way to go.
Person 1:Something, something something.
*Runs into person 2(who's turning)*
Person 2: God, Jeanie stop Sheeping, why are you such a sheep
Sheeping by Tibbzy November 8, 2011

shumping 

to hump with the shins
eww Josh was shumping calvin a minute ago
shumping by morgan smeltz May 3, 2008
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