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
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Ken Tyler
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