Schadenfroid

Finding amusement in the suffering of others suffering through bitter winter cold. Frequently occurs in Canadian expats living on the West coast of the USA.

Parking his car at the beach, Frank thought about his friends back home scraping their icy car windshields and felt a sense of schadenfroid.

by kpallist January 7, 2014

Schadenforde

Delighting in the undoing of Toronto's Mayor Rob Ford.

Video depicting Rob Ford smoking crack with Somali gangsters brings me a tremendous feeling of Schadenforde.

by Torontowithshame May 20, 2013

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...

by Paul Wartenberg May 18, 2003

Schadenfreudenia

any country or disrespectful society where neither social nor economic unity has been established

the national motto of Schadenfreudenia is;

"whatever"

by kelamist June 10, 2018

Schadenfreudegasm

(n): the climactic pleasure one feels while seeing something terrible happen to another human being. A portmanteu of schadenfreude and orgasm. Particularly exemplified over reviled celebrities.

When LeBron James and the Miami Heat lost the 2011 NBA finals, all of Cleveland reached a schadenfreudegasm.

by Cassiyus December 12, 2011

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.

by thwartmanteau March 2, 2019

schadenfreude

pleasure derived from others' troubles.

although "schadenfreude" seems widely known I've never heard it being used in casual conversation.

Probably it's more the problem of not knowing how to pronounce it. I've heard "skäidenfruhd," for instance :)

by lingualtreasure June 3, 2009