What's The Worst That Could Happen?
Used as an attempt to encourage a suggestion. It can backfiresometimes.
A: Dude, let's go check out that car you want to buy.
B: I don't know, I just got my driver's licence last week.
A: Aw, come on! What's the worst that could happen?
B: You're right, let's go.
*tweets* About to test drive my futurecar. #WTWTCH
A: Man, let's go backpacking to Europe! What's the worst that could happen?
B: I don't know, getting mugged in a city where I don't understand a word? No, thanks.
A: Fine.
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.