This is two different things:
A comic strip that comes in a lot of Sunday newspapers.
And a term for somebody who's pathetic, just can't win, or never seems to do anything right.
I justcant pass any of my tests.....Im born to lose.
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.