Ad Nauseam

[alexpgp]

This means "to a sickening or excessive degree," as in:

She went on ad nauseam about my need to eat foods I'd never heard of.

The combination is often misspelled "ad nauseum" (probably because of some phonetic hints). In fact, as of a few minutes ago, there are almost 52,300 hits on Google for the misspelled variant, as opposed to about 49,700 hits for the correct spelling.

NOTE TO SELF: There is a "seam" in "ad nauseam."

Cheers...

Comments

[brenk.livejournal.com]

Like 'nec plus ultra' (the absolute best). I get nauseated (*g*) by the number of times I see 'non plus ultra'.

But then I'm a cranky nit-picker :)