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The malicious joy of watching or hearing about an audacious fraud unravel.
Reading, listening or watching anything to do with Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos gives me such schadenfraud.
The Fyre documentary was pure schadenfraud.
noun.
someone pretending to derive pleasure from other's misfortune to fit in with their douchebag friends, but really they feel just awful about it.
Jeremy was laughing with his buddies at the video of skaters wiping out, but he was a schadenfraud, because inside he was horrified by the carnage.
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Pleasure derived from the minor irritation or annoyance of others.
Person A: Dude, why are you slow rolling me?
Person B: I don't know, I guess I just have a mean streak of of Schadenfraud
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1. The pleasure a victim derives from knowing when a fraudsters scam has gone tits up
2. A fraudsters outward appearance of joy and sang-froid even when events are conspiring to unravel their con / ponzi scheme
3. An oxymoron of the feelings experienced by the fraudster when his empire collapses. Priceless
A wave of schadenfraude washed over fraudster as he watched the horse win its big race. The outward displays of celebration and sang-froid were in stark contrast to his inner feelings of dread resulting from the knowledge that he had oversold the horse and didn't have the money to pay all the owners their winnings.
When you’re happy when something bad happens to President Trump.
My schadenfraud was off the charts on President Trump contracted COVID-19.
#SchadenfraudSyndrome. That feeling that you're smarter than someone suffering from the consequences of their own actions, while knowing it's only a matter of time before you're castigated for your own.
See also "Impostor Syndrome"
The downside of #Schadenfreude.
"She laughed at Trumps's shoes, until in a moment of sweaty schadenfraud, she realized she'd dragged a trail of soiled toilet paper all the way up the stairs."