Tom Melly wrote:

> >Maschocistic?  Websters is as puzzled as I am.
> >
> 
> Should have been masochistic:
> 

> 1  a form of (esp. sexual) perversion characterized by gratification derived
> from one's own pain or humiliation (cf. SADISM).
> 2  colloq. the enjoyment of what appears to be painful or tiresome.
> 
> and I was thinking of the second sense...

I prefer - schadenfreude   \SHAH-dun-froy-duh\
         : enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others

-- 
Ken Tyler

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