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Old 02-07-2011, 07:19 PM
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Schadenfreude:
"A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others."

One of those words that becomes popular among college graduates for about a decade, and is then never heard of again...

Other common examples of today include:

"incentivize"

"push back"

"hubris"
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