An underground meme that originated from the 1984 action film The Terminator. The T-800 goes to a gun store and asks for a Phased Plasma Rifle with 40 Watt Range. Because it is unsure of what weapons were created in 1984.
T-800: Phased Plasma Rifle With 40 Watt Range?
Dick Miller: Just what you see pal.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.