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Shawinigan Handshake 

Shawinigan Handshake is the epithet given to a chokehold executed on February 15, 1996 by Jean Chrétien, then Prime Minister of Canada, on anti-poverty protester Bill Clennett. The phrase comes from Chrétien's birthplace of Shawinigan, Quebec, as the former prime minister often styled himself the "little guy from Shawinigan".
"Yesterday I won the fucking lottery so I shat on my bosses desk then gave him the Shawinigan Handshake."

"Margret is soooooo annoying during meetings. Sometimes I just want to give her the ole' Shawinigan Handshake."
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Shawtison 

When a shawty reminds you of Thomas Eddison
"Ayo check out shawtison over there!"
Shawtison by J0kerFPS October 24, 2020

Shawnigan Lake School 

You know you go to Shawnigan Lake School when...
-You spend your afternoons running
-Watching a movie before 9pm seems strangely subversive and sneaky
-You collect old pieces of school uniform for "status", and the juniors fight over them when you graduate
-You are a prefect or head of house, and somehow this means something to you
-You feel a little uncomfortable when you see someone cutting corners in the grass
-You know something bad has happened when the Headmaster stands in the middle of the chapel stage, rather than at the podium
-You think sleeping in until 7:30 during the week is a treat, and 8:30 on Saturdays is like paradise
-You are forced to fold your clothes with your gold book, so that every shirt is folded with the exact same width and length
-You've ever been told that wearing a collared shirt and tucking it in is essential to learning
-You know what "wilberforce" is and know that it is living hell wrapped into a punishment
-You know that "prep" has two meanings: homework assignments, and the period of time between 7-9 pm in which you do your homework
Person 1: Do you go to Shawnigan Lake School?
Person 2: No, I wish. I go to Brentwood because I didn't get into Shawnigan.
Shawnigan Lake School by alkjwerl February 13, 2010

shawilowurple 

A color that describes a feeling; a color made up by the singer Khalid; not green.
Described as "purple but like not purple" "with some pink in it" -Khalid
"Shawilowurple is a feeling. Guys we are all... shawilowurple."
-Khalid (@thegreatkhalid)
Shaqqie, a very cool and amazing person who shows sympathy and love a lot but doesn't know it themselves, and they're a big simp for Mirajane and cutthroat. She also identifies as a fairy and nose, and has really pretty red hair <33333
Shaqqie is so cool!!
Shaqqie by Kanao <333 February 12, 2021
Making inappropriate racial slurs or jokes when you're not actually a racist.
Paula Deen didn't mean any offense. She's a shawist, not a racist.
shawist by peasoup77 June 23, 2013