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schadenfreude

The joy one feels when bad things happen to other people.

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The act of deriving pleasure from someone else's misfortune.

Orgin = German: Schaden, damage (from Middle High German schade, from Old High German scado) + Freude, joy (from Middle High German vreude, from Old High German frewida, from fr, happy).
An sense of schadenfreude came over me as I watched a Chevy Suburban with a "W" bumpersticker pull into a gas station advertising $3.89 per gallon.
by Stevo B May 13, 2006
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Schadenfreude

German for unanticipated delight in the suffering of another which is cognized as trivial and/or appropriate.

Simply it is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.
They got a good laugh out of watching the waitress trip and fall while carrying a huge tray of food. That is schadenfreude.
by aw182006 February 13, 2009
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Me and my mates went out last night to do a bit of Schaboppin.

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1. the 'suchana' of the story is awesome!

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poliitical schadenfreude

The pleasure experienced when a member of an opposed political party is experiencing embarassment or disfunction.
The Lewinsky affair generated much political schadenfreude within the G.O.P.
by Duckbutt January 1, 2004
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