bad news vs joy

bad news

noun
  • An irritating, troublesome or harmful person, situation or thing. 

  • News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events. 

joy

verb
  • To feel joy, to rejoice. 

noun
  • Anything that causes such a feeling. 

  • Luck or success; a positive outcome. 

  • A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good. 

How often have the words bad news and joy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )