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Schadenfreude

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Always rely on German for really dramatic words. People are always misusing the word “sadism.” Sadism is the joy of inflicting pain upon another, but Schadenfreude is revelling in another’s pain, not necessarily inflicted by the reveller.

Jack Silverman
Houston, TX

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One Response to “Schadenfreude”

  1. wordgnome on April 8th, 2008 9:36 am

    http://www.wordgnome.com/2008/02/schadenfreude.html

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