(noun) The happiness derived from hearing about other peoples dating misfortune.
Usually associated with excessive online dating.
Usually associated with excessive online dating.
"The joy I felt in hearing about Andrea’s eight comically bad match.com dates last week was more than partially schdatenfreude."
by playtiming October 2, 2007
Get the schdatenfreude mug.(noun) The happiness derived from hearing about other peoples dating misfortune.
Usually associated with excessive online dating.
Usually associated with excessive online dating.
The joy I felt in hearing about Andrea’s eight comically bad match.com dates last week was more than partially schdatenfreude.
by playtiming January 2, 2009
Get the schdatenfreude mug.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
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Get the Schadenfreudenia mug.(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
Get the Schadenfreudegasm mug.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 :)
Probably it's more the problem of not knowing how to pronounce it. I've heard "skäidenfruhd," for instance :)
by lingualtreasure June 3, 2009
Get the schadenfreude mug.Watching a vegetarian being told she just ate chicken
Or watching a frat boy realize just what he put his dick in
Being on the elevator when somebody shouts "Hold the door!"
Straight-A students getting Bs
Exes getting STDs
Waking doormen from their naps
Watching tourists reading maps
Football players getting tackled
CEOs getting shackled
Watching actors never reach the ending of their oscar speech!
Or watching a frat boy realize just what he put his dick in
Being on the elevator when somebody shouts "Hold the door!"
Straight-A students getting Bs
Exes getting STDs
Waking doormen from their naps
Watching tourists reading maps
Football players getting tackled
CEOs getting shackled
Watching actors never reach the ending of their oscar speech!
by Luke Wehner June 23, 2004
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