Is there a word for this?

The phrase “morose delecation” comes to mind. That is, to take pleasure in negative thoughts.

@Seek_Kolinahr I first read that as “morose defecation.”

@janbb—“Morose defecation.” Does that mean “being sad to go”?

good lord.

I can relate to the sensation, but I don’t know a word for it.

@Seek_Kolinahr, did you mean “delectation”?

ruthless

Tough audience in the peanut gallery this afternoon.

Conservatism?

Vilify.

Spitefulness?

@fundevogel I think you’re out of luck if you want a single English word that captures that thought. Here’s an article in Slate by a dictionary editor, and he “literally” opted for The Word We Love to Hate as a title for the piece. If there had been a single word for “love to hate” I’m guessing he would have opted for it. No, literally he would.

@ETpro Ah, he wouldn’t, though – because no one would recognize what it meant. ;)

@glacial Not so fast. The author, Jesse Sheidlower, is editor at large for the Oxford English Dictionary. He might have deferred to simplicity in the title, but somewhere in his article, I have to think he’d have shown us he know the single word that means “love to hate”.

@ETpro Sure, I’ll give you that, but he wouldn’t have opted for it in the title, since the piece was about the word literally. It would have been a huge distraction.

@glacial And I will literally give you that.

Cynicism?

Masochist.

Thanks guys, it’s weird that some thing so common doesn’t really have a word, in English anyways. I bet there’s one in German.