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Tea Party shutdown 

A 16 day partial government shutdown that occured in October 2013 as part of an effort by the Tea Party to defund the Affordable Care Act
Blocking implementation of the Affordable Care Act seems to be one of the Tea Party's top priorities, this resulted in the Tea Party shutdown.
Tea Party shutdown by scrivener December 8, 2013

IRS scandal 

A scandal involving political organizations illegally claiming tax exempt status, section 501(c)(4) of the tax code specifically prohibits tax exempt non-profits from engaging in partisan politics
As part of the IRS scandal organizations like the Tea Party and NORML were investigated for violating the tax code, some rwnjs have suggested that the Obama Administration did something improper by allowing the IRS to enforce the law.
IRS scandal by scrivener December 8, 2013

Photoshop hoc, ergo hoc vera 

Photoshop hoc, ergo hoc vera is a logical fallacy whereby something is assumed to be true because someone photoshopped a picture of it.
An example of "Photoshop hoc, ergo hoc vera" is a picture of a Nobel Prize stained in blood stating that someone doesn't deserve a Nobel Prize because they are responsible for more deaths than Hitler. "Photoshop hoc, ergo hoc vera" applies people assume that the picture is true just because someone made it, and then share it with others.
The reason that there were only 49 entrants in the "Miss Ebonics USA" pageant. No contestant wanted to wear a ribbon across her torso that said "I da ho".
You showing yo' sef on the webcam, and you think Idaho?
Idaho by Scrivener July 31, 2007
Smart Aleck Masochist - A submissive who acts out to get attention.
"I'm normally pretty quiet, but can be a bit of a sam."
sam by Scrivener November 26, 2006
Hooking a fish that takes off, pulling all the line on your reel.
He was big 'un. So big that he spooled me, and broke the line.
spooled by Scrivener July 5, 2006
(verb) Navigating down a hierarchical structure, usually computer files and directories.
I was treeing to the good pictures, and the computer locked up.
treeing by Scrivener July 5, 2006