ad nauseam

ad nauseam

Continuously and to excess. The phrase is Latin for "to nausea" (to the point that one becomes ill). I couldn't help but check my watch as Beth talked ad nauseam about her boyfriend's accomplishments.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

ˌad ˈnauseam

(from Latin) if a person says or does something ad nauseam, they say or do it again and again so that it becomes boring or annoying: Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam.
The meaning of the Latin phrase is ‘to sickness’.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • ad infinitum
  • sour stomach
  • collapse
  • collapse into
  • collapse into (something)
  • guy thing
  • a guy thing
  • sicky
  • night and day
  • have (got) an/(one's) eye on (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
"I've listened to this ad nauseam. I know it by heart," Brady said.
We'll surely hear that tune ad nauseam as waves of climate refugees try to escape the most catastrophic effects of our pollution of the biosphere.
Today's public relations professional is faced with a myriad of choices pertaining to "getting the word out." A blog, social networking, social media, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and the list goes on seemingly ad nauseam. What's worse, no one seems to agree on what actually works.
"One can talk ad nauseam about green, but where the rubber meets the road is at the operational level," says Fernando.
"But when will you realise that simply repeating the same old nonsense over and over again ad nauseam hasn't exactly helped the Prime Minister to new heights of popularity and it won't help you."
"Generally they want to come into the rehearsal room and film ad nauseam, but the rehearsal room is sacred - actors need to try things and feel they can fail," Contactmusic quoted him as telling Digital Spy.
This, added to the new financial year increases in council charges, water bills, fuel and so on ad nauseam puts into perspective the amounts some of our MPs have been claiming as expenses and underlines why I''ll be looking very closely at any candidate who requests my vote.
"Indeed, it did not take long for Johnson, 42, to create the impression that perhaps silence is forbidden at the British tracks where he regularly works, as he talked ad nauseam before, during, and after his Churchill races."
The tire reef story out of Florida HASs been reported ad nauseam over every form of media.
(Per se, from the Latin, meaning "intrinsically.") Ad nauseam or ad nauseum?
over and over, ad nauseam. There are a few hilarious moments too ("Really Rich Italian Satanists"), but if Dirty Sanchez truly believe "youth and beauty is so overrated," next time they should try acting their age, not their shoe size, when setting words to music.
During the last three years, the well-publicized resurgence of Harlem has been documented ad nauseam. The large scale developments and sales of some of Harlem's largest housing projects have splattered publications nationwide.
"Soldiers don't have to think about quality performance, the testing has been done ad nauseam and works across a spectrum of operating environments."
That when he accuses Sky Sports of running a vendetta against his club, he forgets that every spectacular Chelsea goal is also repeated ad nauseam until the positive always outweighs images of Michael Essien's disgraceful tackle on Didi Hamann.
Martin repeats, ad nauseam, that he believes in the Canadian Charter, not in natural law morality, not in Catholic teaching, not in what the Church says.