Shatnificate (verb) - to completely obscure the main point of something by ranting on about various other extraneous things that don't make a whole lot of sense. Captain Kirk was very good at this. He once shatnificated a rebellious and homicidal (dare I say, "shatnicidal") main computer into a complete system nervous breakdown, saving the lives of his entire crew in the process.

Shatnification is a handy device for confounding the opposition and saving the day. Everyone should learn to shatnificate effectively when it is necessary.

Shatnification drives Klingons, Romulans, and some Mudcat regulars into such a state of incoherent fury that they do really stupid, reckless things and can easily be drop-kicked in the goolies or phasered into oblivion ("Set phasers to 'shake and bake', Mr Sulu, and give 'em both barrels!" "Aye, sir!" ZZZZZZZZZING! ZZZZZZZING! ZZZZZAAAPPP! KABLOOOEY!!!).

I take shatnification seriously, and am already adept in modules 1, 2, and 3, and busy working on module 4.