Used in a passionate agreement of something, another way of saying "fersure" or "hell yea" by college students.
Possibly derived from a middle east term, with a similar pronunciation
(pronounced Ap-ahhh)
*used with a lot of emphasis
Michelle: "Hey want to go down to main street and shop for a bit after class?"
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.