v. The art of gathering information necessary to determine the best course of action. From detegere (uncover) and fy, from ficere (to do or make).
Upon entering a social gathering, public arena or new environment one should detectify the surroundings in order to heighten the social or business experience.
The act of detectification. usually dealing with trying to figure out if someone is a man or a woman.
I detectify from my detectification agency 'hawk-Livingstone detectivate' with the aid of my partner in (solving) crime, our sexy French secretary and our lovable but lazy dog scooter.
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.