A statement or question that is phrased, pronounced, or contextualized as if it is an insult, when it is actually a compliment or delivering a positive message; the opposite of a "backhanded compliment".
"You're aesthetically obese."
"That's quite the fronthanded insult."
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.