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To: nicmarlo
schadenfreude

German - basically meaning "sour grapes"

105 posted on 11/27/2003 11:00:17 PM PST by ILBBACH (All your teams are belong to us! GO CHIEFS!!!)
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To: ILBBACH
okay....that's much...I've been seeing that word on FR all over the place for the past week.....
108 posted on 11/27/2003 11:03:51 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: ILBBACH
that's much = thanks much....getting tired out here in NY, it's 2:00 a.m.
109 posted on 11/27/2003 11:04:45 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: ILBBACH; nicmarlo
Nope, schadenfreude means gaining pleasure from watching someone else's misery. SHAH-den-FROY-duh
134 posted on 11/28/2003 12:53:30 AM PST by stands2reason ("Don't funk with my funk."--Bootsy Collins)
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