A period of time in one's life categorized by extreme unhappiness, low self-esteem, and failure. The person experiencing it remains optimistic and refuses to acknowledge that their life lucks, even as they continue to fail and lose their sanity.
"Why are you sobbing hysterically and laughing as you stare straight ahead?"
"Yeah, I guess I'm just having a bit of a roughtime."
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 $2million.