schadenfreude \SHOD-n-froy-duh\, noun:
A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others.
The historian Peter Gay...has said that it "can be one of the great joys of life."
-- Edward Rothstein, "Missing the Fun of a Minor Sin", New York Times, February 5, 2000
oooh. ok i'm coming clean with my guilt.
... i DEFINATELY have felt this...
*sigh*
but doesn't everyone just once in a while? maybe?
I love "word of the day"!
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