n. The purest form of raw power available to man. It has the ability to transform boring pep rallies from a nursing home-esque school activity to an event similar to a boxing match.
v. To perform the act of getting high-school students interested in land purchases. (see verb formation technique in lightninging)
"Wow! I still can believe how much smokestack lightning Ambrose has."
"Ever since having been smokestack lightninged by such a wonderful Junior Class President candidate, I feel really interested in that empty lot down the street."
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.