schadenfreude

Urban Dictionary: schadenfreude:

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3.	schadenfreude	166 up, 29 down
	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" bumpersticker pull into a gas station advertising $3.89 per gallon.

6.	schadenfreude	44 up, 8 down
	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 pronounce it. I've heard "skäidenfruhd," for instance :) buy schadenfreude mugs & shirts