[inkling]

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

[nicmarlo]

thanks...I've only seen it all over FR for the past week or two it seems...(perhaps I've just never noticed before).

[Slings and Arrows]

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

Yup; what he said. It figures the Germans would have a word for that. :D