To slowly, and discretely, remove something as Tim Robbins removed the dirt and rocks he excavated while digging a tunnel out of his cell in the film Shawshank Redemption..
hey how are you gettin' rid of all those old books you couldn't yard sale?
No worries man, I'm shawshanking them around. left one in the blockbuster the other day. Put it on the shelf in alphabetical order.
No worries man, I'm shawshanking them around. left one in the blockbuster the other day. Put it on the shelf in alphabetical order.
by okfuskee June 14, 2010
Get the Shawshanking mug.To slowly chip away at getting to know someone in order to get into a relationship with them, in the way Tim Robbins' character slowly chips away at his prison cell to eventually brreak out of jail in the movie The Shawshank Redemption.
by H. E. Pennypacker August 4, 2007
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Shawshanking is the act of reacting with appalled disbelief because someone hasn't seen a movie that it is considered a classic.
Originated with someone having not seen The Shawshank Redemption, but can be applied to any movie.
Originated with someone having not seen The Shawshank Redemption, but can be applied to any movie.
by whiplashsmile713 August 25, 2013
Get the Shawshanking mug.When you are stuck in a miserable job, working for the devil (aka - the warden) and you slowly start to chip away at your escape while plotting to take the boss down when you leave.
by cp_709 July 29, 2009
Get the shawshanking mug.The art of mastering a public poo by releasing your poo when the other occupant flushes their toilet.
Much like when Tim Robbins masks the sound of banging the pipes to coincide with the thunder.
Much like when Tim Robbins masks the sound of banging the pipes to coincide with the thunder.
Man the lady across the hall always goes to the bathroom the same time I do. I've learned to let my poos out at the same time she flushes so she cannot hear the sounds. I'm shawshanking my poos like a pro!
by ForgingGal September 2, 2014
Get the Shawshanking mug.When you slowly chip away at your partner's sexual conservatism until the hole final opens and your crawling through a river of shit and coming up smiling on the other side.
"Awh mate, you done Stacey up the sewer pipe yet?"
"Nawh mate, she's a bit vanilla but I've been shawshanking her and I final got the butt plug in!"
"Nawh mate, she's a bit vanilla but I've been shawshanking her and I final got the butt plug in!"
by Church94 September 22, 2019
Get the Shawshanking mug.To ecstatically raise ones arms in the iconic style of Andy Dufrain from the Shawshank Redemption, whilst feeling a surge of uncontrollable euphoria during the breakdown phase of a trance track in a nightclub.
by Joseph Evans April 6, 2007
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