Entry in progress—B.P.
 
Other shutdown terms include “shut happens” and “shutdown theater.”
 
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Matt Stevens
‏@stevensUND
shutstorm is way better then lockout (live at http://ustre.am/ACPk)
9:27 PM - 20 Jul 11
 
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Todd Seavey
‏@ToddSeavey
Partisan blaming notwithstanding, remember: #GOVT brought you this #SHUTSTORM. #p2 #tcot #libertarian #shutdown #Obamacare
5:00 PM - 29 Sep 13
   
Time magazine
What’s a Furlough?: TIME Explains Government Shutdown Buzzwords
Words in the news can get awfully wonky when Washington is at the center of the story
By Katy Steinmetz @katysteinmetz Oct. 02, 2013
(...)
shutstorm (n.): a government shutdown marked by confusion and controversy.
The hashtag #shutstorm is currently making the rounds on Twitter, as veterans are being kept out of national war memorials and closed national parks are hemorrhaging revenue. This term is obviously a play on an excrement-based slang word which Green’s Dictionary of Slang defines as “a very confused or frightening situation.”
 
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Austin Keeney
‏@Yankys21
“Shutstorm 2013: America Sits On It’s Balls” John Stewart used the terms, zebra queefs and catastrofuck in the same segment.. Thank you john
10:10 PM - 2 Oct 13