What's the English word for......

[XNASA]

...schadenfreude?

[Richardo]

1. What the French word for ....

'entrepreneur'?

[Mutley]

3. The French don't have a word for entrepreneur.

:rofl:

[stellanoir]

2. actually there are two

Kool Aid

[XNASA]

6. There's a Kool-Aid flavor named schadenfreude?

I gotta get me some of that.

[stellanoir]

11. I'll ship you a 55 gallon drum of it. Pronto !

Are you sure you want it?

It's guaranteed to make you totally oblivious.

aka: collective sentiment or popular opinion

[redqueen]

4. Epicaricacy

[Karenina]

21. No entry in Merriam-Webster's

:shrug:

[redqueen]

24. There's always Google!

:hi:

[Karenina]

25. Yeah, but that's outside the realm of

Common parlance! Must be one o'dem Internets words! ;-)

[johnnie]

5. Republican?

:shrug:

[madinmaryland]

7. From dictionary.com

schadenfreude \SHAHD-n-froy-duh\, noun:
A malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others.

:evilgrin:

Kind of the like the feeling we have about what KKKarl rove is going through.

[XNASA]

8. Oh, I know the definition. It's one of my favorite sentiments.

Must be the German in me.

I was just wondering why there is no word in English for it.

:shrug:

[redqueen]

12. Um... post 4?

[XNASA]

18. OK. You win this time, redqueen.

But that's more difficult to pronounce than Schadenfreude.

[redqueen]

19. hehehehe

What do I win?

I think it's easier to say, but doesn't sound nearly as sexy.

[johnnie]

17. Are we supposed to be like that?

Although, now that you mention it, it does happen to me once in a while.

[XNASA]

20. Sure. If it's somebody who deserved it.

It's water under the bridge really.

[pnorman]

9. Doesnt look like you'll get a straight answer from these clowns.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Rather than fink them out, I'll suggest Googling that word (Hint: it's the first one that comes up).

pnorman
PS: If I thereby embarrass them, color me 'schadenfreude'.

[democracyindanger]

10. It's "HAW-haw"

[AlCzervik]

13. well according to my translator---Harming joy.

[XNASA]

15. 'Malicious glee' comes closer....

...but still, no single English word describes it.

So I guess it's up to us to come up with one.

How about.......maliglee.

[northzax]

14. Cheney.

comma, Dick.

[BlueStateGirl]

16. I don't think there is one.

[Squeech]

22. Neener neener

That's as close as I think English can render it.

BTW, I neglected to mention how cool I thought your "See Emily Play" thread was :-)

[XNASA]

23. Emily isn't finished.

So that subject may resurface.

I think that democracyindanger summed it up best, re: schadenfreude, when they said, "HAW-haw".

:hi: