Pet Peeves again
How could I have forgotten this one? Nauseous/nauseated. I'd say 99 out of 100 people use this wrong. Almost every book I've ever read uses "nauseous" when they mean "nauseated." When I am sick to my stomach, feeling like I'm going to throw up, I'm nauseated. NOT nauseous (pronounced "nah'shus"). Nauseous means "sickening" as in disgusting or awful. So if I say, "Oh, I'm nauseous!" I mean that I'm disgusting? ;)