Friday, June 08, 2007

Gimme a word.. a bouncy word....


The Germans have Schadenfreude (indeed, with a capital 'S' as is their style). The Spanish have "me alegro". I'm sure the Italians have something pithy that involves a fraction of a syllable and some sort of hand-flapping gesture.

Americans need to invent a single word (something better than your typical "sniglet" pls) that expresses the unbounded yet specific joy at seeing somebody who could not be saved from the comeupance demanded of their catastrophically bad behavior by their fortune and the connections and favors thus purchased. Think Martha Stewart, Bernie Ebbers, Enron's Lay and Skilling... These are the American royalty who did not dodge the Bullet of Justice (if I may gag you and me both with a bad metaphor).

Perpwalk was fantastic; however it is not specific to serving time but rather the event of being arrested / arraigned in a public manner. How about, to put it in dermatological terms in honor of Paris Hilton's unnaturally smooth skin (which will surely begin to fall off as a result of multiple chemical peels in the next 5-to-10) . . . Karmapimple?

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