1 A derogatory term that is used to disparage a consumer product that is obviously a cheap, poorly made rip-off of a more desired, expensive brand.
2. Any musical group or that attempts to sound like a popular band, but fails.
1. "My brother was bragging about getting a pair of Air Jordans, but they turned out to just be the Walmart Versions..."
2. "I checked out a Greta Van Fleet show, but they turned out to be a Walmart Version of the Rolling Stones.
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.