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schadenfreud 

The pleasure you get from watching your friends suffer through reading Freud.
A feeling of schadenfreud swept over Camille as she watched her roommate Allison suffer through 75 pages of Freud. Camille had endured hours of difficult nursing classes, but Allison had an easy major and coasted through college... until now. Sweet revenge.
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schadenFreud 

Noun - The act of taking satisfaction or pleasure at another's sexual misfortune.
"Why is that that cashier always talking about erectile dysfunction? It's like she's only motivated by schadenFreud."

schadenfreude 

German word, original translation loosely comes out as 'malicious joy'. In English, it's thought of 'malicious enjoyment from the suffering of another'. As there is no succinct English version of the word, English-speaking peoples have approximated this word and use it whenever they see people like corrupt CEOs get dragged off to jail.
Did you see that look on Fastow's face as he was told he couldn't take soap-on-a-rope to the lockup? Man, I felt a warm, comforting sense of schadenfreude in my gut when I saw it...

Schadenfreudenia 

any country or disrespectful society where neither social nor economic unity has been established
the national motto of Schadenfreudenia is;

"whatever"
Schadenfreudenia by kelamist June 10, 2018

Schadenfreudegasm 

(n): the climactic pleasure one feels while seeing something terrible happen to another human being. A portmanteu of schadenfreude and orgasm. Particularly exemplified over reviled celebrities.
When LeBron James and the Miami Heat lost the 2011 NBA finals, all of Cleveland reached a schadenfreudegasm.
Schadenfreudegasm by Cassiyus December 12, 2011

Schadenfraud 

The malicious joy of watching or hearing about an audacious fraud unravel.
Reading, listening or watching anything to do with Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos gives me such schadenfraud.
The Fyre documentary was pure schadenfraud.
Schadenfraud by thwartmanteau March 2, 2019

schadenfreude 

pleasure derived from others' troubles.
although "schadenfreude" seems widely known I've never heard it being used in casual conversation.

Probably it's more the problem of not knowing how to pronounce it. I've heard "skäidenfruhd," for instance :)