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Including a neologism coined by one of their columnists as #6 is beneath the dignity of the rest of the list. It hasn't made it to Google "define". The top hits
by jackfoxy 16y ago
Including a neologism coined by one of their columnists as #6 is beneath the dignity of the rest of the list. It hasn't made it to Google "define". The top hits when Googleing it all refer to Maureen Dowd "inventing" it, so you can't really say it has caught on.
I imagine from the context it was used it should not have really stumped that many readers, who would have been familiar with "schadenfreude", and so have gotten the joke.
- tedunangst 16y agoAs the Times said, "As you no doubt realized, the entry with the highest rate of look-ups per use isn't really a word at all. Baldenfreude is a nonce word -- a one-time coinage, in this case Maureen Dowd’s fanciful twist on schadenfreude.", so your ire seems a little misdirected.
- jackfoxy 16y agoBusted.