From http://www.m-w.com:
- scha�den�freu�de
- [Pronunciation: 'sh�-d&n-"froi-d&. Function: noun. Usage: often capitalized. Etymology: German, from Schaden damage + Freude joy. Date: 1895.] : enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others
[Not a very good definition. If you lose a $100 bill on the street, that is a certainly a trouble of yours, and if I find it, that is an enjoyment obtained from your troubles, but it is not schadenfreude. For it to be schadenfreude, the enjoyment must come, of course, from the
perception or
comtemplation of another's troubles,
qua troubles.]
That feeling experienced by SmalltalkWeenies? and LispWeenies when observing the failure and chaos caused by those who choose to program in lesser languages, such as CeePlusPlus and JavaLanguage.
Schaden Freude