An instance in which someone experiences enjoyment on account of someone else's suffering. The expression, first used in this sense in Byron's "Childe Harold," derives from the fact that the Roman Empire frequently proclaimed work-free days on which to hold gladiatorial games. "Roman holiday" can function as a loose equivalent of the German term Schadenfreude, which also means pleasure derived from another person's misfortune.
When he had to enter rehab himself, he realized that his mockery of Rush Limbaugh's painkiller addiction ultimately amounted to nothing more than a petty Roman holiday.
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the sexual act between two gay men. where one man stands facing the wall and the other stands behind him with his hands on his shoulders and then they interlock there feet. the man in front yells archers on my mark unleash hell. then the man in the back leans back thus looking like a bow with his erect penis acting as an arrow he thrust forward into the man in front's ass.
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"The Roman handshake was the accepted practice of greeting among gentlemen in the Western world from the beginning of the 1st century BC until the end of the 5th century AD."
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Hey guys did you watch that Roman Atwood video where he did black face? (yes it's a thing, Google it)
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