OT - "Schadenfreude" Makes The News

[RangerRocket]

"Some people are downright gleeful about this. I think the word is schadenfreude," said junior Rita Parai, 20, of Buffalo, N.Y., invoking a German phrase that means to delight in the misfortune of others.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060429/ap_ ... ung_author

[Falcon Fanatic]

"Some people are downright gleeful about this. I think the word is schadenfreude," said junior Rita Parai, 20, of Buffalo, N.Y., invoking a German phrase that means to delight in the misfortune of others.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060429/ap_ ... ung_author

My favorite quote of the article: "It's kind of disillusioning," Parai said. "Being at a campus full of accomplished people, it's hard to believe that somebody would cheat."

Wow...no one cheats at Harvard??? right.

[Schadenfreude]

I went with "Schadenfreude" because I found nothing in the German to say "delight in the misfortune of the Rockets."

[BGSU Falconz]

I went with "Schadenfreude" because I found nothing in the German to say "delight in the misfortune of the Rockets."

Schadenfreude von Raketen.