Expressions

There are some words that could only be German, my personal favorite being Schadenfreude (joy in the misfortune of others). Obviously the folks at The Onion agree, because my calendar had this entry the other day:

What Are We Feeling That Would Be Better Expressed In German?

1. Dread of something inevitable yet benign
Fuerchtenünabwendbarfreundlich

2. The wish to see all suffer for the crimes of one
Schadenallemeinverbrechten

3. Laughter at something one knows in one's soul is not funny
Lachenaüfkomischsnichtspaßheit

4. Shame over eating the last piece of Black Forest cherry cake
Schwarzschamekirschkuchenessen