Acts of affection in an imbalanced romanticrelationship carried out infrequently by one of the parties in order to give the other party a glimmer of hope that the continuation of the relationship is worthwhile.
"I don't know why Suzy stays with Andy; she dotes on him constantly and all he gives her are occasional love crumbs."
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.