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glee

what it means

Glee is joy that has stopped being polite. Not calm, not quiet pleasure — the kind that gets into the legs, so the drawing has a grown man in a good suit leaping off the ground with an ice cream. It is loud and a bit childish, and both are the point: an adult who admits to glee is admitting they behaved like an eight-year-old for a second. A thousand years ago the word meant music, which is why a school choir is still a glee club. And it has a darker half. You can feel glee at bad news about someone you dislike, and that is exactly the word people reach for when they want to say so.

Glee es la alegría que ya no guarda las formas. Se te mete en las piernas: en el dibujo, un señor de traje salta con un helado. Es ruidosa y algo infantil, a propósito. Hace mil años significaba música — por eso un coro escolar sigue siendo un glee club. Y tiene un lado feo: también se siente con la mala noticia de alguien que no te cae bien.

Glee é a alegria que deixou de ser educada. Entra nas pernas: no desenho, um senhor de terno pula com um sorvete. É barulhenta e um pouco infantil, de propósito. Há mil anos significava música — daí um coral escolar ainda ser um glee club. E tem um lado feio: também se sente com a má notícia de quem você não gosta.

Glee, c'est la joie qui a cessé d'être polie. Elle passe dans les jambes : d'où le monsieur en costume qui saute avec une glace. Elle est bruyante et un peu enfantine, exprès. Il y a mille ans le mot voulait dire musique — d'où le glee club d'une chorale scolaire. Et elle a un côté laid : on la ressent aussi devant la mauvaise nouvelle de quelqu'un qu'on n'aime pas.

Glee adalah kegembiraan yang berhenti bersopan santun. Ia masuk ke kaki: di gambar, seorang pria berjas melompat sambil memegang es krim. Berisik dan sedikit kekanakan, memang begitu maksudnya. Dulu kata ini berarti musik — sebabnya paduan suara sekolah masih disebut glee club. Sisi buruknya: rasa ini juga muncul atas kabar buruk orang yang tak kita sukai.

Glee, artık kibar olmayan sevinçtir. Sakinlik değil: bacaklara iner; çizimde takım elbiseli adam dondurmasıyla havaya sıçrar. Gürültülüdür ve biraz çocukçadır, bilerek. Bin yıl önce kelime müzik demekti — okul korosu hâlâ glee club. Çirkin yanı da var: sevmediğin birinin kötü haberinde de duyulur.

Glee は、上品さをやめた喜びです。静かな満足ではなく、脚まで来てしまう種類——だから絵では、スーツ姿の男がアイスを持って跳び上がっています。うるさくて、少し子どもっぽい。それも狙いどおりです。千年前この語は「音楽」を意味しました。学校の合唱団を今も glee club と呼ぶのはそのためです。醜い半面もあります。嫌いな相手の悪い知らせにも、この喜びは湧きます。

  1. 01

    noun

    open, lively delight that you cannot keep in

    He read the letter twice, with obvious glee.

  2. 02

    noun

    delight taken in someone else's bad luck

    She passed on the news with a glee she did not hide.

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