#241 chortle

chortle- to chuckle gleefully; a gleeful chuckle

-C19 coined 1871 by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass; probably a blend of chuckle and snort

It's usually poor form to laugh at another's misfortunes, but in this case I feel a slight chortle is more than justified.

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