1. a phrase used when you are trying to make a deal, and the other person doesn't understand the magnitude of whats going on.
2. used when you are blessed with an amazing opportunity or gift, and somebody you know doesn't understand how amazing it is
the phrase originates from the Rod Blagojevich tapes, in which blagojevich is trying to sell somebody the seat of illinois senator, and he thinks the other guy undervalued the cost of the seat.
example 1:
Joe: hey, did you know i own a baseball signed by babe ruth?
Bob: are you serious? ill pay you fifty bucks for it
Joe: am i serious? the question should be are you serious, i mean, i've got this this and it fucking golden, and you want to pay me fifty bucks for it? id rather sell my soul on ebay.
When you mediate two feelings or actions to achieve a third effect that is greater than the sum of it's parts. For instance, having a coffee and a zyn, or having a shitty monday morning hungover and having a lunchtime beer. Then you get golden fucking neutral.
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.