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Schadenfreude

Taylor: Schadenfreude, Kanye!
by Yasmine1427 April 20, 2010
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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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Schaden-schämen

Compound word from schadenfreude - malicious joy, and fremdschämen - vicariously embarrassed by someone else.

To be embarrassed for a total stranger, whilst feeling maliciously happy that they're embarrassing themselves.
Watching American Idol: "OMG, look at that girl fail. I've got so much schaden-schämen going on right now".
by PseudoGerman November 6, 2011
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Schadenfreude

Pleasure from another's misfortune
This economy's producing plenty of opportunities for Schadenfreude as Congress summons multimillion dollar CEOs to defend themselves
by GreatRecession.com February 14, 2009
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schadenfreudist

n. A person that attempts to enact schadenfreude on another person (i.e., "feeling pleasure from the misfortune of others"), often by engaging in ad hominem attacks and general douchebaggery. This is seen quite frequently in the activity of trolls, the sad creatures that they are. It is believed by some that trolls may actually feed on their schadenfreude, but not enough data has been compiled to accurately confirm this.
The schadenfreudist fed off that fellow there, attacking him for his opinion on the legitimacy of hydrogen cars by questioning his sexual prowess.
by Schadenfreude Nazi December 9, 2009
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Shadda

"He's such a shadda"
by iMpLiCiTCoNcEiT December 27, 2012
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Schadenfreudegasm

N. Schadenfreude so intense that it results in an orgasm.
Once I heard that Donald Rumsfeld had stepped down, I had a schadenfreudegasm so huge that I had to throw away my underpants.
by Moontos November 10, 2008
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