Worse than ‘Down Bad’, worse than ‘Down Horrendous’, when you are Down Atrocious you’ve reached a point of downright simpery where it’s inescapable, and everybody can tell.
“Hey, does anyone want snacks for the party?”
“I’ve got one snack I’m super interested in”
*Shows picture of guy*
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.