A phrase used to describe a person whose bottom half of his body has been permanently paralyzed due to either a birth defect or an injury, just like the respective author and screen-playwright of the autobiography and film "Born on the Fourth of July," Ron Kovic.
Roy: Dude, I saw Ron the other day and he couldn't move an inch with his own legs!
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.