WOTY candidate: schadenfreude

[Joel S. Berson]

At 4/11/2008 11:03 AM, Amy West wrote:
>But the beauty of "Spitzenfreude" over
>"blondenfreude" or "Bushenfreude" is that it's
>another Germanic root. It's almost a seamless
>alteration. I really like it. Frankenfreude is
>pretty good, too.

Isn't Blonden sufficiently Germanic and seamless for you?  (Unless
you insist on Blondine over Blonde for the feminine.)

Joel

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