Cloud envy is self explanatory; being envious of the clouds and truly wanting to flow, and be free, just like them. This phrase is used by Shikamaru from Naruto in the Chunin Exams where he is stressed out and looks to the sky with cloud envy wishing his life was easy and that he could just go with the flow without a care in the world.
Person 1: Ugh i'm so stressed rn, I wish i could just let everything go.
Person 2: Sounds like you got cloud envy my guy.
When you are feeling like a useless insignificant Smurf at work and feel pangs of jealous anxiety when co-workers discuss the interesting or seemingly important things they have been doing. Especially if they are talking about all the meetings they’ve been in lately that you weren’t invited to.
Jonah had meeting envy when his co-worker Rhea texted that she was in a meeting- but he wasn’t. Little did he know Rhea had meeting envy listening to several of her co-workers and superiors who were in the meeting discuss all the meetings they had had recently.
When your neighbour gets jealous because your bonfire is massive so they try to make one too but it fails
Neighbour: oh wow look at their bonfire it's huge! I need to make one now!
Me: lol too bad your bonfire is gonna be shit!
Neighbour: damn it now I have bonfire envy
When someone feels envy/jealousy that someone has a purpose in life.
I was feeling so much purpose envy when I found out my new neighbor is committed to solving world hunger & I am committed to watch EVERYTHING on Netflix!!!
Free·ness en·vy (frēnis envē)
1. Psychoanalytic concept that a terrorist envies democratic characteristics or capabilities, especially the possession of freedom.
2. Envy of power, status, or privilege, as symbolized by the freeness of the American citizen.
Americans are asking, "Why do they hate us?'' They hate what they see right here in this chamber: a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other. They have Freeness Envy.
The envy a gay couple had against a straight couple.
"You have Straight Envy! "
When black people feel envious of white society because their ancestors lacked the skill & knowledge to improve their lives. Often resulting in resentment, jealousy and demands for reparations instead of accepting personal responsibility for their own situation, and work towards improving their lives through hard work, discipline and other ethical ways of achieving happiness and success.
Hatred for white people is a result of white-envy due to cultural differences.