"Shatnerize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: Shatnerizes [present, singular, third-person], Shatnerizing [participle, present], Shatnerized [participle, past], Shatnerized [past]
Etymology: From Shatner + -ize, after the Canadian actor, author, producer, and director William "Bill" Shatner. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Shatner|ize}} Shatner + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Shatnerize (third-person singular simple present Shatnerizes, present participle Shatnerizing, simple past and past participle Shatnerized)
  1. (rare, slang, chiefly film) To intentionally produce something that is perceived as both bad and good. Tags: rare, slang Categories (topical): Film
    Sense id: en-Shatnerize-en-verb-EsS~7HUn Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  2. (rare, slang, transitive) To make something like, similar to, or about William Shatner. Tags: rare, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-Shatnerize-en-verb-ikpl8Kc3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Shatnerization

Inflected forms

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