adj. Descriptive term for a book, article or spoken phrase that, while brilliant, is so ridiculously technical as to appear non-nonsensical to the general populace.
Norman totally lost me when he was describing how to fix the server. Smart guy, but he tends to get
a bit technicalidocious.
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.