A term to describe the extra money one pays for buying an Apple product. Also known as the "Fanboy Fee," the fictional "Apple Tax" is what consumers pay for the Apple cool factor.
Well, this laptop would only cost me $700 less if it weren't for the Apple tax.
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 $2 million.