Take a look at the MailOnline page here. Scroll down past halfway to the section headed "There's a word for these Twitter trolls...".
Interstingly, the word is glossed as '... a malicious desire to try to make those enjoying greater success feel as miserably trapped and oppressed as themselves’, which is rather closer to Tall Poppy Syndrome in my view.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Maybe the author was unaware of the English term schadenfreude. He certainly seems unfamiliar with the concept. Perhaps the e-word will take off now, but with this newer, secondary meaning.
I was thinking of epicaricacy just the other day because I have received almost no Google Alerts for the word in months. Before I'd receive one at least every few weeks. Do you have to renew your Google Alerts?
The definition is a stretch, I agree, but certainly similar. It would be strange if the author had heard of epicaricacy and not the more common German loanword for the definition, Schadenfreude.
Hmm, this sighting of the rare e-word is reminding me of our long-dormant double dactyl threads. Didn't you author one featuring this exotic word, Kalleh?
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Yes, and I love DDs. I often come up with them at home. Shu will get a sparkle in his eye and say, "Isn't that a double dactyl word?" and then we'll go to it!
I just went to my Google Alerts and epicaricacy is alive and well. I'm not sure why that article didn't come up.
