scha·den·freu·de [shahd-n-froi-duh]
–noun
satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune
There are times when you understand a word. There are other times when the full import of a word makes complete and eminent sense.
Edit: Linked to original dictionary.com meaning
3 comments:
Am thinking what you are thinking?
Not a good feeling though:( I mean, morally, not personally. I love that feeling, but morally its probably not a good thing. What ever 'morally' defines.
BTW i have that email saved as draft and will send it when i get down to it soon!
Yes :)
Honestly, there are very few occasions when I feel this and it's not even a very strong feeling of satisfaction.
Yes, it's probably wrong, but I wish I was that much of a 'mahatma' :)
BTW, during our conversation last month I was struggling to place the word. It came to me in a flash of light only yesterday.
hehe yea ..Schadenfreude does not look like a word you'd remember that easily.
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