Posted on 11/03/2004 5:11:30 AM PST by RikaStrom
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....
schadenfreude \SHAHD-n-froy-duh\, noun:
1. A malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others.
If self-replicating e-commerce baby tycoons get on your nerves, it's schadenfreude time. It's true that the Nasdaq rebounded after its staggering loss Tuesday. Nonetheless, what AP described as "the most volatile day ever for U.S. stocks" left a distinctly bearish aftertaste.
--"Market Motion Sickness." The Industry Standard's Media Grok, April 5, 2000
Etymology: German, from Schaden, damage + Freude, joy. It is often capitalized, as it is in German.
Morning! Hehehe-
As I enjoy my victory breakfast
In honor of our Commander in Chief
The poodle is in his bunker
In a state of disbelief
How can schadenfreude be so rampant
In the celebrations of we little people
When he'd promised bread and circuses
To all the crowds of sheeple?
Now he won't admit defeat
Though his troops have broken ranks
And the damning numbers are showing
That he's surrounded by opposition tanks
Well, poodle-concede this contest
And return to the life of the idle rich
With your boats and planes and mansions
That really belong to your b****
The democrat poll watcher pulled the curtain down to avoid seeing his liberal neighbors committing another case of schadenfraude inside the voting booth....
It was a clinton redux with those two. She's registered in PA and he's in Mass.
Nope. My new handle will be 10 characters or less :-)
And now I'm off to my shadenfreude celebration at the jobsite-back later...
kudos to you DUBS for all of your hard work in OH! it paid OFF
!
LOL!
Bwaaaaaaaaahaaahahahahaha
Pubbie shades of schadenfreude,
Dimo's on the couch with Freud,
Trying to fathom, to understand,
How this thing got out of hand,
Denying Kerry is a hemorrhoid.
Painful itching, scratch it not,
Duke of somewhere burning hot,
Baleful eyes with grating smile,
JFK's a a stinking pile,
Whose treason far too many forgot.
Speak to me of Jenjis Khan,
Of medals cowards once put on,
But mention not the twenty year,
Senate-meetings-missed career,
Or five new laws his name's upon.
No, talk of jungles, bullets, fires,
Of heroic battles fought, most dire,
In sweaty greens, afloat on mud,
Cut and run, once said this dud,
The president's chair he now admires...
FROM BOSTON - AND NOT FROM INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE (Amen).
"The next VP" Breck Boy (Duh!)
His speech filled me wih joy (Duh!)
Counting votes is so nice
We'll be counting them twice
While we bask in the schadenfreude
Thank God this thread is here today.
you KNOW IT!
Morning all.......is that Dashhole's daughter? Her hand is on his leg!
yeah, that's his daughter. i don't want to speculate about the hand business ; )
Rather stinging..........but right on the mark!!!!!!
You beat me to it!!!!!!!!!!
I do love this word. It's the kind of word only the German culture could produce.
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