Schadenfraud 

The malicious joy of watching or hearing about an audacious fraud unravel.

Reading, listening or watching anything to do with Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos gives me such schadenfraud.
The Fyre documentary was pure schadenfraud.

Schadenfraud by thwartmanteau March 2, 2019

Schadenfraud 

noun.

someone pretending to derive pleasure from other's misfortune to fit in with their douchebag friends, but really they feel just awful about it.

Jeremy was laughing with his buddies at the video of skaters wiping out, but he was a schadenfraud, because inside he was horrified by the carnage.

Schadenfraud by Bobakalacka March 30, 2017

Schadenfraud 

Pleasure derived from the minor irritation or annoyance of others.

Person A: Dude, why are you slow rolling me?
Person B: I don't know, I guess I just have a mean streak of of Schadenfraud

Schadenfraud by Sick Variance November 8, 2010

Schadenfraud 

When you’re happy when something bad happens to President Trump.

My schadenfraud was off the charts on President Trump contracted COVID-19.

Schadenfraud by GF Logic October 6, 2020

Schadenfraud 

#SchadenfraudSyndrome. That feeling that you're smarter than someone suffering from the consequences of their own actions, while knowing it's only a matter of time before you're castigated for your own.

See also "Impostor Syndrome"

The downside of #Schadenfreude.

"She laughed at Trumps's shoes, until in a moment of sweaty schadenfraud, she realized she'd dragged a trail of soiled toilet paper all the way up the stairs."

Schadenfraud by procrastina... June 7, 2021

Schadenfraud

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."

Schadenfraud by C.Rossi February 6, 2026

schadenfreude 

German word, original translation loosely comes out as 'malicious joy'. In English, it's thought of 'malicious enjoyment from the suffering of another'. As there is no succinct English version of the word, English-speaking peoples have approximated this word and use it whenever they see people like corrupt CEOs get dragged off to jail.

Did you see that look on Fastow's face as he was told he couldn't take soap-on-a-rope to the lockup? Man, I felt a warm, comforting sense of schadenfreude in my gut when I saw it...

schadenfreude by Paul Wartenberg May 18, 2003