Wednesday's Word of the Week:
April 12, 2011
Schadenfreude: (shäd’n-froi’də) a compound German word (lit. “damage-joy"). It refers to malicious joy in the misfortunes of others. From “schaden”– damage, harm, injury + “freude”– joy.
This week's word was provided to us by Steve Cornell. Check out his post on Social Cannibalism: http://thinkpoint.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/social-cannibalism/
And...you know you want to hear this pronunciation: http://thefreedictionary.com/schadenfreude
(Is it James Earl Jones?)