Word of the Day

NereffidNereffid
edited August 2009 in Diversions
Katagelasticism: the joy of laughing at others.

Comments

  • mommiomommio
    Well, I would suspect we all have experienced that joy, even if we didn't know what it was called. Or how to pronounce it.
  • JFLLJFLL
    I like that - 'laughing down on someone'. Any different from Schadenfreude, though? (We anglophones have to use a foreign word for an unpleasant concept., i seems)
  • cafreemacafreema
    Sadly I think I engage in katagelasticism far too often.

    Craig
  • eythianeythian
    My First Dictionary is a good source of 'words for today'. Complete with pictures!
  • MutantisMutantis
    Do I have to login to get the word of the day?
  • NereffidNereffid
    "My first dictionary" reminds me of a joke...

    Teacher asks the class, "Can anyone give me a sentence using the word contagious?"
    Kid raises hand and says, "We had a plumber in to fix our washing machine, and it took the contagious".
  • mommiomommio
    Nereffid, I have repeated the sentence out loud several times. I just don't get it.

    Is there a point to this? Or is like that old one:
    Repeat after me.
    O
    (Repeat)
    Owa
    (Repeat)
    Owata
    (Repeat)
    owatagu
    (Repeat)
    owatagusigh
    (Repeat)
    owatagusigham
    (Repeat)
  • mommiomommio
    edited August 2009
    Or maybe it allows you to experience katagelasticism?

    I need to check on how to pronounce this word.
  • NereffidNereffid
    Explaining a joke is always a disaster...

    "it took the c**t ages"
  • mommiomommio
    Maybe disaster to you, but now that I get it, it's funny. I'm actually laughing -- at the joke and at my own denseness.
  • TimMasonTimMason
    @ Nereffid

    Another day, another word. What you got in the bag?
  • KatrinaKatrina
    I told a girl that my prospects were good
    And she said baby, it's understood


    The word of the day is 'prospects'
  • brittlebloodbrittleblood
    edited August 2009
    as you prolly already know, early devil has a wonderful voice.

    chit-chattin' about with him i kicked around the idea of him "narrating" as audio books are all the rage. he was a bit interested so i thought i'd go thru some mechanics with him >

    68: are there any words you just won't say?
    early: no, i think i'm good.
    68: ok...how 'bout "turgid"
    early: oh...

    this went on for another 4 or 5 words before he swore off narrating.
    by the by, early + his wife comprise cedarstwo - and they offer at no charge a pretty decent offering of material they've recorded. great stuff - i'll ask if he would want it linked here.
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