An expression of resentment against, or dissatisfaction with, any living or non-living thing; a term meant to conjure feelings of disgust within the intended target; something said when one acknowledges that there's nothing they can do to remediate a bad situation.
First you tell me to come back with ID. I come back with ID and then you trek me I need to present my birth certificate. Now I'm back with those items and even brought my passport, and now you say you need to see my electric bill as proof of residence??? Yknow what? Balls in your face.
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.