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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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shada bandur

Asian people use this to white chavs. This means a white monkey lol.

White people oftenly look confused after hearing this word xd
White boy: Hi miss
Random asian classmate: Ey shada bandur
by J_venables April 10, 2019
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Project SHAD

A series of biological and chemical tests used on our soldiers during the Cold War on Navy ships. The United States government realeased chemicals on these ships to see how effective they were on the soldiers. So, they basically used our servicemen as guinea pigs. Totally unacceptable, but has been going on for decades.
There are many articles about this particular subject. Once the soldiers found out about this, they were outraged.
by Oh-Knowing-One July 14, 2004
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Shadai

Shadai is a name given to a gorgeous female. Usually girls with this name are incredibly random. They have great style and an amazing personality. Shadai is a name given to girls who are loving and open hearted. They typically drink monster energy drinks, and listen to music on a daily basis. These girls are very outgoing. They typically have big butts and light skin.
"Hey man, that girl is cute." "Yea, i know. That's Shadai."
by Lovemegirl 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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