By
Mark Peters
May 12, 2008
To word-watchers, this May 1 blog comment is a sign of the times:
Schadenfreude: satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else’s misfortune.
Clintonfreude: satisfaction or pleasure felt at Hillary’s comeuppance.
Then again, Hillaryfreude may better name your sadistic joy at the death throes of the former First Lady’s campaign—unless your heart is filled with Obamafreude, over the Illinois Senator’s protracted preacher problems. Or maybe you’re bathing in Spitzenfreude, Shaqenfreude, or Spearsenfreude, as you luxuriate in the declining fortunes of Eliot Spitzer, Shaquille O’Neal, or Britney Spears.
