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...