Re: Looking
for a word
Posted by TheFallen on March 27,
2003 In Reply to: Re: Looking for a word
posted by S. on March 27, 2003
: : The concept of 'gaining pleasure
from the misfortune of others' is covered by a single word in German - 'Schadenfreude'.
There's a request in today's Times to come up with an English single-word equivalent.
I thought the wordsmiths among you out there would like to take up the challenge!
How about it?
: "Sadism" and "dispathy" don't quite cut it, I suppose.
How
about Acerbovitism, from the L*tin acerbus, meaning sour, and vitis meaning a
grapevine?
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