A sneaky piece of shit; trash. Someone who belongs to the lower class and often exhibits obnoxious, asinine behavior.
1.) Bill: "Hey, did you hear that Tom isn't paying his child support?"
Bob: "Yeah, he's such an ass-rattler!"
2.) John: "Don't go into town!"
George: "Why?"
John: "The ass-rattlers are gathering there tonight."
George: "Woah, thanks for the warning! I can't stand ass-rattlers, they're the worst!"
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.