Ad nausea?

[nq:1]what is the meaning of it in this sentence? The risk that others will suffer a Japan-like funk or a business climate that worsens and can't recover has been explored ad nausea in recent years.[/nq]
ad nauseam -
to the point of nausea: there is so much of that exploration that the writer is sick and tired of hearing about it.

john

[nq:2]what is the meaning of it in this sentence? The ... recover has been explored ad nausea in recent years.[/nq]
[nq:1]ad nauseam - to the point of nausea: there is so much of that exploration that the writer is sick and tired of hearing about it.[/nq]
I have no Latin (and less Greek), but a friend claims that it should properly be "ad nauseatum." Is he right?
If you try to search G

Stewart Gargis filted:
[nq:1]I have no Latin (and less Greek), but a friend claims that it should properly be "ad nauseatum." Is he ... "ad nauseam," it will scream at you, "Are you sure you don't mean 'ad nauseum'?", which indeed produces more hits.[/nq]
Playing a hunch..
"ad nauseum" 84,500 hits
"ad nauseam" 68,500
"ad nauseatum" 114
"ad museum" 562
...and one fumble-

[nq:1]If you try to search Google for "ad nauseam," it will scream at you, "Are you sure you don't mean 'ad nauseum'?", which indeed produces more hits.[/nq]
Now, now, have a nice cup of tea. You seem on edge.

(1) It doesn't scream. No sound is played.
(2) For me, Google does not display any spelling prompt on "ad nauseam". Perhaps this varies by geographic location, as other Goog

[nq:1]what is the meaning of it in this sentence?[/nq]
("it" refers to "ad nausea" in the sentence below. "aiden" has carefully hidden part of his post in the suject header.)
[nq:1]The risk that others will suffer a Japan-like funk or a business climate that worsens and can't recover has been explored ad nausea in recent years.[/nq]
It is an error. The usual error is to use "ad nauseum

[nq:1]formulas[/nq]
That's "formulae" as I tell people ad nauseam.

GC

[nq:2]If you try to search Google for "ad nauseam," it ... you don't mean 'ad nauseum'?", which indeed produces more hits.[/nq]
[nq:1](2) For me, Google does not display any spelling prompt on "ad nauseam". Perhaps this varies by geographic location, as other Google results do.[/nq]
You're quite right, I had too many searches going on at the same time and got confused. What happened was th

[nq:1]what is the meaning of it in this sentence? The risk that others will suffer a Japan-like funk or a business climate that worsens and can't recover has been explored ad nausea in recent years.[/nq]
It's hot dog lating for "makes you want to puked".

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa

It's no more an error than "criterium".

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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[nq:2]formulas[/nq]
[nq:1]That's "formulae" as I tell people ad nauseam.[/nq]
Six to one, half a dozen to the other. If anyone's curious, 'formulas' appears a whopping 134 times in the OED, with the archaic version retaining a slight edge, at 205. I didn't do a date analysis, but we know which would win out today.

Charles Riggs
My email address: chriggs/at/eircom/dot/net