Thursday, October 12, 2017

शॅडेनफ्रॉयड...Schadenfreude: The Best German Word

ज्ञानेश्वर
"कां पावो शीतळता लाहे | कीं ते डोळ्याचिलागीं होये | तैसा परसुखें जाये | सुखावतु ||"

I have always felt that every language should have a word for schadenfreude (शॅडेनफ्रॉयड). It means 'pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune'.

We all indulge in it, at least occasionally, even if not openly, in our thoughts.

I DO and I don't need any 'happy hours' and/or alcohol for that!



Artist: Roz Chast, The New Yorker

That word can be funny even in some other ways...
Artist: Drew Dernavich, The New Yorker, May 2017

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