Man1: "So I get home at 2:30 in the morning, after a night with the lads, and she has a fit of mysterionics."
Man2: "I've given up trying to understand them, mate. So, apart from that, how was your anniversary?"
Man1: "... Ah ..."
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.