The feeling of looking at your second card in Holdem poker, which is something low and offsuit, after peeling the first card, which is an ace, or sometimes a king.
I peeled the ace of spades after an OMC opened, and felt such schadencarde when the other card was the six of clubs.
by Werdenschmidt November 5, 2023
Get the Schadencarde mug.A system of political or social governance established and maintained by causing pain to others.
Derived from the German "scháden" meaning "to hurt" or "cause damage".
And the suffix "-cracy" derived from the Greek denoting a particular form of government, rule, or influence.
Think democracy, autocracy or plutocracy but with thumb screws.
Derived from the German "scháden" meaning "to hurt" or "cause damage".
And the suffix "-cracy" derived from the Greek denoting a particular form of government, rule, or influence.
Think democracy, autocracy or plutocracy but with thumb screws.
"I’m from Chicago, friend. The schadeocracy capital of the world. I don’t trust anyone"- Victor Timely Loki Season 2 Episode four.
by AlexCloud2275 November 22, 2023
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When Reality TV manipulates you into feeling smugly superior to people who might not even deserve it based on what actually happened vs what made it to the final cut.
"I spent all night trashing that girl on the dating show for being a 'diva,' but then the unedited footage leaked and I realized I was just a victim of Schadenfraud."
"Don't get too excited about the villain's downfall in the season finale; the producers are definitely serving up some heavy Schadenfraud to make us feel better about ourselves."
"I feel like a total jerk now. I was drowning in Schadenfraud watching him fail, only to find out the show edited out the part where he actually saved a puppy."
"Reality TV thrives on Schadenfraud—they manufacture a mess just so we can sit on our couches feeling morally superior to people we’ve never met."
"Don't get too excited about the villain's downfall in the season finale; the producers are definitely serving up some heavy Schadenfraud to make us feel better about ourselves."
"I feel like a total jerk now. I was drowning in Schadenfraud watching him fail, only to find out the show edited out the part where he actually saved a puppy."
"Reality TV thrives on Schadenfraud—they manufacture a mess just so we can sit on our couches feeling morally superior to people we’ve never met."
by C.Rossi February 6, 2026
Get the Schadenfraud mug.Female version of schadenboner, as in taking immense pleasure in the suffering of others to the point of splushing.
Did you hear that the Hispanic lady that voted for deporting others just got herself deported?
I did and schadensplushed so hard I had to change my thong.
I did and schadensplushed so hard I had to change my thong.
by JewDoc2 February 10, 2025
Get the schadensplush mug.The opposite of doomscrolling. When a social media feed is saturated with posts about an event causing great schadenfreude in the populace. Term coined by author, Alan Baxter, on Bluesky during the Trump/Musk feud on 6th June 2025.
It's not doomscrolling today, it's schadenfeed.
by Lord Weird June 5, 2025
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Get the Schadenfruede mug.is a modern German neologism that combines Schadenfreude (“joy at another’s misfortune”) with Mitgefühl (“compassion, empathy”).
It describes the paradoxical feeling of taking a measured satisfaction in someone else’s suffering while simultaneously feeling genuine compassion for them. In other words, it’s the experience of both recognizing or even enjoying the justice, irony, or inevitability of another’s setback and still empathizing with their pain.
It describes the paradoxical feeling of taking a measured satisfaction in someone else’s suffering while simultaneously feeling genuine compassion for them. In other words, it’s the experience of both recognizing or even enjoying the justice, irony, or inevitability of another’s setback and still empathizing with their pain.
When the self centered girl used her ex-husband and he finally blocked her, I felt a strange mix of schadenfreude and pity – a genuine Schadenmitgefühl.
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