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  2. Schadenfreude - Wikipedia

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    Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.

  3. Happiness - Wikipedia

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    Happiness is a complex and multifaceted emotion that encompasses a range of positive feelings, from contentment to intense joy. It is often associated with positive life experiences, such as achieving goals, spending time with loved ones, or engaging in enjoyable activities.

  4. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  5. You can't have your cake and eat it - Wikipedia

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    For those unfamiliar with it, the proverb may sound confusing due to the ambiguity of the word 'have', which can mean 'keep' or 'to have in one's possession', but which can also be used as a synonym for 'eat' (e.g. 'to have breakfast').

  6. Roget's Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    The original edition had 15,000 words and each successive edition has been larger, [3] with the most recent edition (the eighth) containing 443,000 words. [6] The book is updated regularly and each edition is heralded as a gauge to contemporary terms; but each edition keeps true to the original classifications established by Roget. [2]

  7. Gung ho - Wikipedia

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    Gung ho (/ ˈ ɡ ʌ ŋ ˈ h oʊ /) is an English term, with the current meaning of 'enthusiastic or energetic', especially overly so.It originated during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) from a Chinese term, 工合 (pinyin: gōnghé; lit. 'to work together'), short for Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (Chinese: 工業合作社; pinyin: Gōngyè Hézuòshè).

  8. Enjoy - Wikipedia

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    Enjoy! (Descendents album) or the title song, 1986; Enjoy! (Jeanette album) or the title song, 2000; Enjoy, an album by Bob Sinclar, 2004; Enjoy, an album by Sakurako Ohara, 2018 "Enjoy", a song by Björk from Post, 1995 "Enjoy", a song by Janet Jackson from 20 Y.O., 2006; Enjoy Records, a 1962–1987 American record label

  9. Oenophilia - Wikipedia

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    Oenophilia (/ ˌ iː n ə ˈ f ɪ l i ə / EE-nə-FIL-ee-ə; [1] from Greek for 'love of wine', see oinos and -philia), in the strictest sense, describes a disciplined devotion to wine, accompanying strict traditions of consumption and appreciation.