[nicmarlo]

okay, now what the heck is schadenfreude and when did this become the lingo in FR? : )

[goodolemr]

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[ILBBACH]

schadenfreude

German - basically meaning "sour grapes"

[inkling]

"Schadenfreude" is a German term that means taking pleasure in another's pain.

[Timesink]

okay, now what the heck is schadenfreude and when did this become the lingo in FR? : )

I run a Mainstream Media Schadenfreude ping list in which I alert members to examples of the news media getting caught making fools of themselves. I think that's a lot of the reason it's become FR lingo, but the term itself has been around forever and I doubt it was unheard of on FR before I created the ping list.