Word of the day

[ars_longa]

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...

Comments

[smonion.livejournal.com]

Hi, I love that word. Probably feel it way too often to be a 'nice' person.

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I thought it was ridiculous of opalcat to ban you in the 'mockthestupid' community. You had a valid point and weren't being nasty. How very controlling of her.