A drunk who thinks he knows everything, specifically, one who has a few drinks, and then thinks he or she knows the solution to all the world's problems.
N. A term coined for describing the phenomenom of teenagers who think it is cool to follow politics or participate in teen-leadership groups such as JSA. Such people are cosmopoliticians. To be used in a negative connotation.
Ben spends so much time debating with JSA and reading the Wall Street Journal. Jumped right onto the cosmopolitics bandwagon.
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.