Schadenford

schadenford English Alternative forms en schadenford Etymology 2008, en schadenfreude Ford malicious enjoyment of another’s misfortune surname 1. Coined by Philip Preville in the title of a Toronto Life article. Noun - en Canadian jocular Perverse pleasure derived from observing the foibles of Toronto mayor Rob Ford. en March 28 2008 Philip Preville Schadenford: The arrest of Rob Ford, city hall hoser http://www.torontolife.com/preville-politics/2008/03/28/schadenford-the-arrest-of-rob-ford-city-hall-hoser/ Toronto Life [title] Schadenford: The arrest of Rob Ford, city hall hoser 2011, Colin Perkel, “Police chief backs Mayor Ford on 911 call after ‘22 minutes’ fiasco”, Canadian Press (St. Albert Gazette), October 28: The situation prompted some Twitter users to resurrect the term “schadenford” — taking pleasure at the mayor's misfortunes — and a play on the German word schadenfreude. en May 26 2013 Bartley Kives When the Ford jokes stop http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/when-the-ford-jokes-stop-208982891.html Winnipeg Free Press In 2013, there's nothing remotely acceptable about engaging in Schadenford, a term coined by Toronto Life in 2008, when then-councillor Rob Ford was charged with assault and uttering death threats in a domestic incident involving his wife.Already a national punchline, Rob Ford went international, with U.S. TV talk shows engaging in their own particular form of Schadenford -- sketches about a nice, polite Canadian city with a buffoon leader who does a modern-day Marion Barry impression. https://web.archive.org/web/20200714111856/https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/when-the-ford-jokes-stop-208982891.html 14 July 2020 en eponyms