Wednesday’s Word of the Week:

Schadenfreude: (shäd’n-froi’də) a compound German word (lit. “damage-joy”). It refers to malicious joy in the misfortunes of others. From “schaden”– damage, harm, injury + “freude”– joy. 

This week’s word was provided to us by Steve Cornell.  Check out his post on Social Cannibalism:  https://thinkpoint.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/social-cannibalism/

And…you know you want to hear this pronunciation:  https://thefreedictionary.com/schadenfreude
(Is it James Earl Jones?)

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Aimee Byrd
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