schadenfreude
Meaning
Noun
- Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.
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Origin
- , from Schaden + Freude. The word gained popularity in English in the late and likely entered mainstream usage through an episode of The Simpsons
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- |work=Merriam Webster
- |title=Words at play: schadenfreude
- |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/untranslatable-german-words/schadenfreude
- (more in citations).
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