Schadenfreude Schadenfreude Schadenfreude (; ; 'harm-joy') is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another. It is one of four related emotions or concepts. Schadenfreude is a complex negative emotion. Rather than feeling sympathy towards someone's misfortune, schadenfreude evokes joyful feelings that take pleasure from watching someone fail. This emotion is displayed more in children than adults, however adults also experience schadenfreude, they are just better at concealing their expressions. "Schadenfreude" is borrowed from German; it is a compound of "Schaden", "damage, harm", and "Freude", "joy". The German
Louisiana Creole people East and Spain. "Gombo" is the Louisiana French word for okra, which is derived from a shortened version of the Bantu words "kilogombó" or "kigambó," also "guingambó" or "quinbombó". "Gumbo" became the anglicized version of the word 'Gombo' after the English language became dominant in Louisiana. In Louisiana French dialects, the word "gombo" still refers to both the hybrid stew and the vegetable. The Choctaw contributed "filé"; the Spanish contributed peppers and tomatoes; and new spices were adopted from Caribbean dishes. The French later favored a "roux" for thickening. In the 19th century, the Italians added garlic. After arriving in