Re: Looking
for a word
Posted by kitty
on March 28, 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.
A la the Style Invitational in the Washington
post, by changing one letter in an existing word:
trib-elation: gaining pleasure
from the tribulations of others
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