Roman Holiday Edit Meaning

1.

An instance in which someone experiences enjoyment on account of someone else's suffering. The expression, first used in this sense in Byron's "Childe Harold," derives from the fact that the Roman Empire frequently proclaimed work-free days on which to hold gladiatorial games. "Roman holiday" can function as a loose equivalent of the German term Schadenfreude, which also means pleasure derived from another person's misfortune.

When he had to enter rehab himself, he realized that his mockery of Rush Limbaugh's painkiller addiction ultimately amounted to nothing more than a petty Roman holiday.

See epicaricacy, mudita, schadenfreude

2.

The wafting of a fartfrom under a sheet into the greater area of a room. Differs from a Dutch ovenin that forcible restraint by the farter is unnecessary. Orgins stem from the lack luster Carey Grant movie and the general stinkiness of Rome as a city.

I knew she was the girl for me when she gave me a Roman holiday after our first date!

So, I went to give her a Roman holiday, and there, under the sheets was a big puddle of shit.

See dutch oven, fart, farts