schadenfreud

[Atlanta Z3]

Word of the day:

Schadenfreude i/ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə/ (German: [ˈʃaːdənˌfʁɔʏdə]) is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.[1] This German word is used as a loanword in English and some other languages, and has been calqued in Danish and Norwegian as skadefryd and in Swedish as skadeglädje and Finnish as vahingonilo.
 

From the Atlanta Journal Vent
My boss is on vacation in the middle of Tropical Storm Debby and I have a case of schadenfreude.

I'm sure we can all relate.  ( I also had to look up loanword)

[countrigal]

Thank you!!!  I saw someone use this on FB the other day, and had NO clue what it meant.  Glad you clarified it.... 

[msmarieh]

Definitely not a word I was familiar with!

[Jackie G]

Familiar in that I understood the basic context but not the dictionary definition!

On the storm / Debby, I have a friend currently on holiday in the States and he's posting daily updates, including screenshots of the TV weather where the rain is being forecast in inches!  Good grief!  I thought we were having rain (and we have!) but nothing like this, thank goodness.

Sorry you guys, hope anyone suffering is ok, dry and safe.

[msmarieh]

Inches! Try feet in Florida! They are predicting some parts of northern Florida are going to get up to 24 inches of rain (that's 2/3 of a meter for our UK folks) during this week with the Tropical Storm that has parked itself there. They have already received more than a foot (1/3 of a meter) in some places.

We need rain here, but good gracious, not that much and not all at once!

[JessW]

In one of my old offices, it was definitely a case of Shadenfreud breeds contentment!