A romantic clash of any sort; dramatic and exaggerated struggle between multiple parties over love affairs and inter-personal attractions within everything from a few individuals, to groups of friends, to complete strangers.
Jake: Man this summer has really been a war of the roses, hasn't it?
Mark: Yeah, Trudy and her friends gave Tommyhell for dating Kristie.
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.