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1word1day, karmic_serenity 1word1day Schadenfreude \SHOD-n-froy-duh\, noun:
A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others.
Schadenfreude comes from the German, from Schaden, "damage" + Freude, "joy." It is often capitalized, as it is in German.
The historian Peter Gay -- who felt Schadenfreude as a Jewish child in Nazi-era
-- Edward Rothstein, "Missing the Fun of a Minor Sin", New York Times, February 5, 2000
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Stonkered - adjective. Not to be confused with Internet meme word stonks, stonkered means to be in a state of completely exhaustion.
Ikat noun. Ikat, pronounced ee-kaht, refers to either the technique used to create this woven cloth or the cloth itself. This interesting textile…
