Rolled Out On: 12/22/2004 3:49 PM

You want something nauseous? Go look up the definition of "nauseous" at Merriam-Webster OnLine (http://www.m-w.com)

Dictionaries define words, and their usage. They may highlight incorrect usage when such usage is common. They must NEVER insist on their own, arbitrary, rules.

Long live http://www.onelook.com

- Rich

PS A different response, for a different situation: When asked "Are you nauseous?", always reply "To whom?"

Rolled Out On: 12/23/2004 9:24 AM

I hate to out myself as a linguistic liberal, but I think the word "nauseous" is coming to mean the same as "nauseated" and "nauseating" is taking the place of the original "nauseous." These things happen. The word "presently" used to mean "immediately," and the word "still" used to mean "always," but that's the way this thing we call "language" works.

Rolled Out On: 12/23/2004 9:28 AM

It's Smith's invisible hand at work, but with words, so maybe it's Smith's invisible tongue.

Rolled Out On: 12/23/2004 10:48 AM

In the same manner, John Kerry has been a one-man army for changing the traditional meanings of "Yes", "No", and "I'll speak clearly and briefly on that..."