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when someone is able to purchase or "get" something for you. Sometimes in referrance to the black market.

Referring to the novel "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King, 'Red' is an inmate who can get things to other inmates (for a price), like cigarettes, posters, drugs, etc.
My mom won't let me leave the house. Could you shawshank me some cigarettes?
shawshank by lynneh January 4, 2004
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Whoa man do me a favor and turn a little to the left, your shawshank is killing me.
Shawshank by Marry Swanson August 31, 2021
Escaping from a school lesson with a brilliant plan and excuse.
Person 1: “Hey, I heard Jimmy pulled a Shawshank in English yesterday.”
Person 2: “Sick! One day I’d love to skip a class like that.”
Shawshank by YellowBinLorry May 24, 2023

shawshank shitting

the act of using surrounding noises to strategically defecate in a public restroom. taken from Tim Robbins' escape from the fictitious "Shawshank Prison," wherein he bludgeones a large sewage pipe with a rock, striking the pipe only when the thunder from a lightning bolt is loud enough to mask the noise of his stone as it strikes metal.
man, i had to crap so bad! but i knew with only one other guy in the bathroom, shawshank shitting just wouldn't be an option.
shawshank shitting by LobsterRodeo September 20, 2009

shawshank exemption 

To be so ugly and undesirable that even the prison population wouldn't engage you in sodomy.
Dude is so ugly he gets a shawshank exemption.
shawshank exemption by amra July 12, 2006

Shawshank Redumption

When one is pooping in a public bathroom, embarassed by ass noises, one waits for others to make noise to allow for loud ass explosions. Similar to Tim Robbins in "Shawshank Redemption" waiting for the thunder so his banging on the pipe would go unheard.
I had to wait for the other guy to flush to let my shawshank redumption rip.
Shawshank Redumption by JR and Joy September 11, 2009