ad nauseam
to a sickening or disgusting degree.
Origin of ad nauseam
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How to use ad nauseam in a sentence
You come in, boots on the ground, as one of several special-ops personnel, fighting meaningless battles ad nauseam in a ruined world for whichever side pays you.
Battlefield 2042 review: The future of warfare is meaningless | Steve Haske | November 23, 2021 | Ars TechnicaWhile much of the content of these three documentaries is a rehash of facts that have already been pored over ad nauseam, some of them did drop several key revelations.
Here's What We Learned From Three New Britney Spears Documentaries, From Secret Surveillance to #FreeBritney Infiltrators | Megan McCluskey | September 29, 2021 | TimeWe’ve covered bike locks ad nauseam at Outside, so I’ll refer you to this article and tell you never to skimp.
Yes, a new grandchild is wonderful, but not when the whole family is bombarded with photos ad nauseam.
Miss Manners: Family member’s manners have gone to the dogs | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostA lot of the culture around movies in the sci-fi/fantasy genre is about deconstructing them ad nauseam.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire | William O’Connor | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
The phrase of choice to describe Rampal is “self-styled god-man,” which has been repeated ad nauseam in the press.
Is India’s Fallen ‘God-Man’ So Different From a Megachurch Pastor? | Jay Michaelson | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat argument that Lohan has repeated ad nauseam by this point is finally a little bit convincing.
Lindsay Lohan’s Funny ‘2 Broke Girls’ Stint Proves She Can Still Act | Kevin Fallon | April 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlthough it makes no sense, this simplistic line has been repeated ad nauseam until it has ossified into accepted fact.
She was photographed and videotaped as she entered and exited the courtroom ad nauseam.
Amanda Knox Faces a New Murder Trial in Italy | Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe uses them ad nauseam, and thereby proves that she did not possess the genuine qualities.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksThe obvious abuses of the time are satirized in this way ad nauseam.
German Culture Past and Present | Ernest Belfort BaxWe have been told ad nauseam that the purchase system has been the mainstay of the British army.
Observations multiplied ad nauseam have taught me where to find the males and where the females in this apiary.
More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri FabreIndeed, this has been insisted on ad nauseam in recent years.
Psychotherapy | James J. Walsh
British Dictionary definitions for ad nauseam
/ (æd ˈnɔːzɪˌæm, -sɪ-) /
to a disgusting extent
Origin of ad nauseam
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for ad nauseam
[ (ad naw-zee-uhm) ]
To go on endlessly; literally, to continue “to seasickness”: “The candidate told us the details of how he overcame his childhood problems ad nauseam.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Other Idioms and Phrases with ad nauseam
To ridiculous excess, to a sickening degree. For example, I wish he'd drop the subject; we have heard about budget cuts ad nauseam. The term, Latin for “to [the point of] nausea,” has been used in English since the early 1600s.
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