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Shockenfreude 

The feeling you get when you realize that things you laugh and joke about with one social group would be found horrifying by another.
I felt a certain shockenfreude when I realized a group of pregnant women had overhead us making dead baby jokes.

4chan is an internet community that revels in shockenfreude.
Cross between shocked & shaken.
Origin: In November 2002, DFM (female) had a trip to Australia. Later that month she rang her best friend, GGK (also female) to say she was engaged to a guy she just met (Me!). At the wedding banquet in May 2003, GGK was so nervous during her speech she said that when DFM rang her about the engagement, she was SHOCKEN (meant to say shocked & shaken!). The word caught on in our circles and is now a regular word used in our speech!
When my best friend went overseas and rang me a couple of weeks later she was engaged to a guy she had just met, I was SHOCKEN.
the act of pummeling an opponent with extreme force, especially in self-defense
They retaliated with unforgettable shawkenaw.
shawkenaw by Crawford August 27, 2003

Shockenfreude 

The feeling you get when you realize that the things you laugh and joke about with one social group you associate with would be found horrifying by another
I really laughed at the San Luis Obispo Public Service Announcement on PedoBear, then realized I was committing Shockenfreude
Shockenfreude by BD1234567 September 14, 2010

Shockenfreude 

Humor and amusement derived by a topic that others find horrifying.
John received such a feeling of shockenfreude when he learned about the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's department's public safety bulletin on Pedobear.
Shockenfreude by Coriform September 14, 2010

Shockenfreude 

The feeling you get when you realize that the things you laugh and joke about with one social group you associate with would be found horrifying by another.
Pedobear makes me laugh. I'm plagued with shockenfreude.
Shockenfreude by Supervisor 194 September 14, 2010