Schadenfreude

watching a vegetarian being told she just ate chicken

or watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d-ck 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!
“f-ck you lady, that’s what stairs are for!”
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…
the joy one feels when bad things happen to other people.

or

the act of deriving pleasure from someone else’s misfortune.

orgin = german: schaden, damage (from middle high german schade, from old high german scado) + freude, joy (from middle high german vreude, from old high german frewida, from fr, happy).
an sense of schadenfreude came over me as i watched a chevy suburban with a “w” b-mpersticker pull into a gas station advertising $3.89 per gallon.
nicky: “schadenfruede, what’s that, some sort of n-z- word?”

gary coleman: “yep, it’s german for ‘happiness at the misfortune of others!'”

nicky: “‘happiness at the misfortune of others’, that is german!”
gary coleman: right now you’r down and out, and feelin’ really cr-ppy.

n: i’ll say.

gary coleman: and when i see how sad you are, it sorta makes me… hap-py…!!!

nicky: happy?!

gary coleman: sorry nicky, human nature, nothin’ i can do. it’s schadenfruede, makin’ me feel glad that i’m not you!

nicky: well that’s not very nice, gary!

gary coleman: i didn’t say it was nice, but ev’rybody does it! d’jah ever clap when a waitress falls, and drops a tray of gl-sses?

nicky: yeah.

gary coleman: and ain’t it fun to watch figure skaters fallin’ on their -sses?

nicky: sure!

gary coleman: don’tcha feel all warm and cozy watching people out in the rain? that’s

both: schadenfreude!

gary coleman: people taking pleasure in your pain!
german for “happiness at the misfortune of others”

clapping when a waitress falls and drops a tray of gl-sses

watching figure skaters falling on their -sses

watching people out in the rain

watching a vegetarian being told she just ate chicken

watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d-ck in

being on an 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
schadenfreude: making me feel glad that i’m not you.
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 pr-nounce it. i’ve heard “skäidenfruhd,” for instance 🙂
the joy one feels when bad things happen to other people.

or

the act of deriving pleasure from someone else’s misfortune.

orgin = german: schaden, damage (from middle high german schade, from old high german scado) + freude, joy (from middle high german vreude, from old high german frewida, from fr, happy).
an sense of schadenfreude came over me as i watched a chevy suburban with a “w” b-mpersticker pull into a gas station advertising $3.89 per gallon.