It’s Been a Great Year for Schadenfreude
Saturday, December 20th, 2008English is mostly a Germanic language with some French thrown in owing to the Norman (French) Conquest of England, so it’s a great time to revive and revel in a German word not used that often but particularly a propos this year–schadenfreude. Roughly translated, schadenfreude means "joy over other people’s suffering and losses." With the circle of [...]