A warning signal which is made by placing a sock over the doorknob of a bedroom door. This signifies to a roommate that you are inside the bedroom, engaged in sexual behavior.
I was headed into my bedroom to grab my wallet, but I stopped when I saw the doorsock and I knew my roommate was inside banging his girlfriend.
Doorsocks are flexible, snakelike, round, tubes filled with water absorbent material that stops air flow. Typically these tubes are used under doors, window sills, and other openings to stop air drafts, absorb rain or other water leaks, and reduce heating and cooling costs in the home.
After placing a doorsock against the inside of my front door the uncomfortablechillyair drafts stopped and my heating bill was reduced by more than 10%.
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.