Term of endearment for the late night meal served on Navy ships. Intended for those getting off watch around midnight who missed the earlier meal for sleep. From the official term: midrats, short for “midnight rations”
Watchstander 1: “One more hour of watch left, I can’t wait to get relieved and than get some tasty midscraps!”
Watchstander 2: “Its probably just chicken wheels again”.
Watchstander 1: “Naw, man, I heard they’re serving chili!”
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.