Posting a status update on Facebook claiming to be ill in order to avoid or get our of social commitments or engagements. Differs from vagebooking in that it is not done to attract sympathy or attention, but rather to provide an excuse for staying home. May also be done to corroborate a sick day from work or school.
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.