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Shockenfreude 

The feeling you get when you realize that the things you laugh and joke about with one social group you associate with would be found horrifying by another
I really laughed at the San Luis Obispo Public Service Announcement on PedoBear, then realized I was committing Shockenfreude
Shockenfreude by BD1234567 September 14, 2010
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stockenfreude 

The pleasure you derive from watching a stock drop in price after you've sold it.
John: Wow, I'm so glad I sold that XYZ stock -- it's fallen 10% in the week since I dumped it.

Mary: You've got a case of stockenfreude.
stockenfreude by stockenfreude April 9, 2012

Shockenfreude 

Humor and amusement derived by a topic that others find horrifying.
John received such a feeling of shockenfreude when he learned about the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's department's public safety bulletin on Pedobear.
Shockenfreude by Coriform September 14, 2010

Shockenfreude 

The feeling you get when you realize that the things you laugh and joke about with one social group you associate with would be found horrifying by another.
Pedobear makes me laugh. I'm plagued with shockenfreude.
Shockenfreude by Supervisor 194 September 14, 2010

Stockenfreude 

The gleeful feeling you get when a stock you sold goes down in price after you sold it.
Look at that smirk on Jenny's face -- she sold her Microsoft stock at $325, and now it's $250. Yeah, she's experiencing stockenfreude.
Stockenfreude by ibiwisi1 January 14, 2022
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
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