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ars_longa ([personal profile] ars_longa) wrote2005-08-22 04:10 am
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Word of the day

Word of the Day for Monday August 22, 2005

   schadenfreude \SHOD-n-froy-duh\, noun:
   A  malicious  satisfaction  obtained  from  the misfortunes of
   others.


Just where the hell they were two days ago when I was trying to find an equivalent to Russian злорадство (zloradstvo)? I wouldn't take any bets about how many people know it, though...
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