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DEFINITION: n. A mixture of delight and guilt felt when a colleague, whom you despise, suffers a misfortune. v. To feel bad about feeling good when something bad happens to someone who is definitely not good.
Verboticisms
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Schadenfriendly
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: shad en frend lee
Sentence: in a fit of schadenfriendliness, she commiserated with Ted while feverishly helping him empty his desk.
Etymology: schadenfreude, friendly
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like sad and friendly. A "worthy" word. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 10:57:00
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Sadenfreude
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sadd enn froy deh
Sentence: Her sadenfreude was obvious as she passed round the sacrificed chicken sandwiches at his leaving party
Etymology: sad schadenfreude
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COMMENTS:
Das ist schade! - Nosila, 2009-10-09: 17:25:00
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Miselation
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: mizza-lation
Sentence: Upon hearing that her arch-nemesis fell down a well, Jeanine was filled with miselation.
Etymology: "misery" + "elation" with help from "mis-"
Schadenfired
Created by: Loreshai
Pronunciation: shah-den-fy-yurd
Sentence: Jill felt slighty guilty that she was happy about screwing over her best friend in order to get a promotion at work. Jill felt Schadenfired.
Etymology: Fired - to be removed from employment + Schadenfreunde - german term to be happy when bad things happen to your friends.
Rueglee
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ROO-glee
Sentence: Miranda was struck with rueglee over the sudden misfortune that came to her friend Louise, the woman she loves to hate.
Etymology: Blend of 'Rue' (v. to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterl and 'Glee' (n. open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation)
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COMMENTS:
wow. much better than my own. - chaok, 2012-07-19: 19:16:00
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Smykowskipathy
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /sməˈkaʊskəpəˌθi/
Sentence: I was filled with smykowskipathy, for it was the only time the judge's decided in my favor and als the only time that I didn't deserve it.
Etymology: From Tom Smykowski (the annoying coworker from _Office Space_ who suffers a nasty accident) and -pathy (as in sympathy and empathy)
Colleagasm
Created by: coachnomad23
Pronunciation: colleague-asm
Sentence: Seeing my partners on the project get fired for messing up the presentation, gave me a colleagasm.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Colleagasm sounds like a very positive thing to me!! Love the word!!! - Stevenson0, 2007-03-23: 10:30:00
So many good words can be contrived from the "O". I keep waiting for the definition for "The point at which you become assimilated with the borg" (borgasm). - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-23: 12:18:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria.
Thank you Discoveria! ~ James
Discoveria - 2007-03-23: 10:56:00
That was quick...
ErWenn - 2007-03-23: 10:56:00
Don't really know how to top schuldeshadenfreude here.
mplsbohemian - 2007-03-24: 22:20:00
The trouble is that there is a word for this in English: schadenfreude.
Discoveria - 2007-03-26: 12:07:00
I've been told already. catgrin and James decided that schadenfreude refers to the satisfaction, and this verboticism refers to feeling guilt over having that satisfaction.
Hey mplsbohemian, Alchemist summed it up nicely with etymology for Guiltenfreude: "schadenfreude (pleasure at the misfortune of others) with guilt."
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria. Thank you Discoveria. ~ James