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Shawskank Redemption

Shawskank Redemption
 n.— «The Shawskank Redemption…I try to actively avoid the information that follows the words Ann Coulter, but this is worth reading.…I wonder if she and Rush will be cellmates? And then the thought comes unbidden: Who will be the bitch?» —“The Shawskank Redemption” by Julie O. They Get Letters (Centennial, Colorado) Feb. 15, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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