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Chris -- 2018-04-11
There’s a loose connection of meanings; an individual in the grip of schadenfreude is likely to disguise or misrepresent his real emotions. About 500 ghits:
Worse than just simple envy is “schadenfraud†— a German word that describes the feeling that some people harbor when it is not enough that they do well but …
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Speaking of Bonds, I cannot remember a greater display of schadenfraud—that’s German for I love to spit on your grave—than the outpouring of delight …
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A little schadenfraud now and again is just what the doctor ordered to cure the melancholy that plagues Cubs fans annually.
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They’re basically our moment to gather together, drink deep from the glass of Schadenfraud, whoop it up a bit, after which we feel refreshed, ...
www.dailykos.com/story/2006/4/10/1936/74217
US gives up search for Iraq WMD … After lurking on MeFi for years and having to suffer through ParisParamus’ smug indignation throughout, this is certainly bittersweet schadenfraud.
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WMF Windows Virus: Official MS Patch … It’s not exacty schadenfraud, more like pity and disbelief watching all the sad MS victims scramble to install the latest patch ...
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