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RECENT POSTSSchadenfreude
SHAW-den-FROI-duh
noun
pleasure or delight in the misfortune or misery of others
1989Spy LineIt was no use showing anger. No one was exempt from Tessa's Schadenfreude.1994Debt of HonorThe American economy would be twice blessed. Toss in a little schadenfreude for their Japanese colleagues, and even before the Street opened for business, people were primed for a big trading day.1996Goebbels 'Any observations must be sober and objective in tenor,' his third directive that day added, 'devoid of either triumph or Schadenfreude.' 1999Canadian SayingsThis Shaudenfreude bristles in many Canadian folk sayings and is the psychological motive force that drives people to create them.Labels: Bill Casselman, David Irving, Len Deighton, Tom Clancy
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