The act of rolling up one's upper lip, as though it were a curtain, to expose the teeth (often in the fashion of imitating a beaver). Pulling the curtain originated in the Appalachians and is frequently utilized in comedic Vine parodies. Pulling up the curtain can be used to express overwhelming joy, frustration, anger, or a natural response to hearing a banjo.
When Seth told Jennifer they were going on a road trip to the Smokey Mountains, she immediately was overwhelmed with joy and was "pulling up the curtain".
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.