Shadeau means a very unlucky person or a very unlucky event that has happened to someone. It can be applied to any situation that, in normal circumstances with an average lucky person, would not have happened or would have lead to a funny situation at most. To be a Shadeau is to assume an unlucky life such as purchasing a house contamined with asbesto, losing your job frequently, buying fraudulent equipment without knowing it, etc...

A portmanteau of carpe diem, a Latin phrase that means “Seize the Day!” and DM, which stands for Direct Messages. This word means seizing the day via DMs.