Abbreviation for MS NOW, an American cable news channel owned by Versant, a Comcast controlled company formed from the spinoff of NBCUniversal's cable networks. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 229 West 43rd Street in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts rolling news coverage and liberal-leaning political commentary.
MSNBC would rebrand as MS NOW (a backronym of "My Source for News, Opinion, and the World
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.