1. A portmanteau of the words "drama" & "dromedary", humorous in invention. Used to suggest a person who has the apathetic, flat affect of a camel; yet continually causes recurring drama sandstorms in their immediate vicinity in order to feel better about their lowly station in life.
Erek: "Did the drama-dary text you about me?"
Evan: "Yeah, she was playing it off like it was nothing, but kept texting about the shit for two hours. Mixed signals and head games, my friend."
An Arabian one-humped cameldat is always sensational news in da tabloids.
Da infamous "Arab ousted from his tent by his chilly beast of burden" tale has become such a big and well-known story dat one might say dat said four-legged animal is quite da dramadary!
The ability to detect drama in a social circle that one is not in. This is a valuable skill because men frequently are not aware of drama that occurs between other women, and sometimes they find about it after it's too late.
I have poor dramadar and had no idea those two women hated each other.
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.