a long and/or angry rant that you didn't ask to listen to
etymology:
bitch (verb- to complain)
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dissertation (noun- lengthy research paper with citations)
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bitchertation
Giving advice to a new coworker: "Watch out for Tina- don't get trapped into conversations with her. One time, I just asked how her day was going and spent the rest of my lunch period listening to a bitchertation about kids nowadays"
After Terry's fifteen-minute long bitchertation against Taylor Swift and green M&Ms, the interviewer decided that this person is not a good candidate for the open position of town librarian
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.