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Also known as “''[[Kaltenudelnaufhautfreude]]''” (literally, the “delight in feeling cold spaghetti on exposed skin”) [[früheankunftfreude]] encapsulated a penitent’s beatific sensation of being first one into the cold bath on Pentecost. | Also known as “''[[Kaltenudelnaufhautfreude]]''” (literally, the “delight in feeling cold spaghetti on exposed skin”) [[früheankunftfreude]] encapsulated a penitent’s beatific sensation of being first one into the cold bath on Pentecost. | ||
Latterly it has assumed a more secular aspect. Nowadays it may describe the feeling of righteousness that comes from rising at dawn to secure a sun-lounger in a nasty condominium in the Algarve, or the sacrificial excitement of being the first ( | Latterly it has assumed a more secular aspect. Nowadays it may describe the feeling of righteousness that comes from rising at dawn to secure a sun-lounger in a nasty condominium in the Algarve, or the sacrificial excitement of being the first (die “''[[warteschleifenmusikopfer]]''”) to dial into an all-hands [[conference call]], whereupon one must wait in musical purgatory for the moderator to arrive and initiate the full infernal horror of the scheduled discussion. | ||
Contrast with “''[[späteankunftschande]]''”. | Contrast with “''[[späteankunftschande]]''”. | ||