When one is shunned, spoken ill of and otherwise ripped to shreds for reasons real or imagined. This phenomenon is seen in business, social groups and educational institutes.
Although the most effective leader their organization had ever had, she was ostercized when she disagreed with the newmanager.
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.