A
Yiddish word that means, literally, to wish
someone well, to delight in someone else's delight. It's the
opposite of envy and schaudenfreude.
Moe: Hey, did you hear the news? Curly got a perfect score on his
SAT and he didn't even study!
Larry: That stinks. I studied for weeks and I still bombed.
Moe: You mean you're not
happy for him? Where's your sense of farginen?