Yet more angst of lack of words for X

[Laurence Horn]

On Aug 19, 2014, at 3:37 PM, victor steinbok wrote:

> This one a bit more reasonable than most -- almost contrarian to
> "conventional wisdom".
> 
> http://goo.gl/X5jRD4
> 
> The punchline should be revealing:
> 
>> I'm still looking for one more ... a word for the mistaken belief that
> there is no English equivalent for a non-English word, such as
> Schadenfreude, which many people believe doesn't translate, but which of
> course simply means epicaricacy. Suggestions welcome.
> 

"Epicaricacy", a new one on me, does show up via Googling with the relevant gloss, but isn't in the OED, and dictionary.com thought I must have meant "epicranium".

LH

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