Reveling in personal gain associated with someone else's loss; not to be confused with schadenfreude, in which one takes pleasure from another's pain.
After hearing the news that a new freelancer had bombed on a writing project, Alan and Laura, also freelance writers, felt a rush of halfenfreude at the prospect of additional work.
musician julian lennon, the son of british former beatle john lennon and japanese artist yoko ono, is a halfanese celebrity. so was deceased actor brandon lee, son of martial arts superstar bruce lee and american teacher linda lee caldwell.
The happiness that a person feels when, having eaten half of a terrific sandwich, they then remember that they have a whole other half to eat (a fact that they had forgotten in the bliss of that first half).
Midway through lunch today I experienced some profound halfiness when I looked down and beheld the second part of my reuben untouched.
Ruler of Lake Titicaca. Rumored to have a bunghole that gets very angry if it does not receive toilet paper. Cornholio the Great is often seen walking around with his shirt over his head and his hands in the air, chanting songs about his power, and his bunghole.
"I am Cornholio! You do not want to face the wrath of my bunghole, for I need TP!"
Butthead: Shut up, Beavis! (uh huh huh huh)
Beavis: Um, okay. (heh heh heh heh).