Why this word is great
SCHADENFREUDE — [Noun] The pleasure derived from witnessing the misfortune, failure, or humiliation of another. A loanword from German, from Schaden ("damage, harm") + Freude ("joy, pleasure"). Unlike "gloat," which implies smug self-satisfaction over one's own superior position, or "empathy," its direct emotional antithesis, schadenfreude is a passive, often secret, delight in a downfall from which you gain nothing. It is the involuntary smirk when a pompous rival slips on a banana peel, the dark warmth that spreads upon hearing of a tyrant's illness, or the guilty, savory satisfaction of watching a towering hubris meet its inevitable, crumbling end—a proof that our deepest solidarity is sometimes forged not in shared joy, but in shared relief that the lightning bolt struck elsewhere.