Wow! The correct usage of a commonly used word instead of the incorrect usage of a commonly misused word.Caulfield is “nauseated.” “Nauseous” describes something that MAKES one nauseated. Riding in a car is nauseous to some people and makes them nauseated.
So commonly ‘misused’ that it’s not incorrect any more. That train left the station decades ago. Personally, I just use ‘nauseated’ and ‘nauseating’ and interpret ‘nauseous’ from context.
affected with nausea; nauseated: to feel nauseous.
The two literal senses of nauseous, “causing nausea” ( a nauseous smell ) and “affected with nausea” ( to feel nauseous ), appear in English at almost the same time in the early 17th century, and both senses are in standard use at the present time. Nauseous is more common than nauseated in the sense “affected with nausea,” despite recent objections by those who imagine the sense to be new. In the sense “causing nausea,” either literally or figuratively, nauseating has become more common than nauseous.
johnt204 almost 11 years ago
Wow! The correct usage of a commonly used word instead of the incorrect usage of a commonly misused word.Caulfield is “nauseated.” “Nauseous” describes something that MAKES one nauseated. Riding in a car is nauseous to some people and makes them nauseated.
Treesong almost 11 years ago
So commonly ‘misused’ that it’s not incorrect any more. That train left the station decades ago. Personally, I just use ‘nauseated’ and ‘nauseating’ and interpret ‘nauseous’ from context.
Varnes almost 11 years ago
I would think that with a mind like Caufield’s, he’d never be bored….All you have to do is think of interesting things…or read a book……
KeepKeeper almost 11 years ago
http://www.gocomics.com/dogsofckennel#mutable_1065516
Otera almost 11 years ago
it happens sometimes. I had it happen once. I was reading a book and suddenly I felt like I was seasick. really weird
comics almost 11 years ago
Number 1 definition of nauseous:
affected with nausea; nauseated: to feel nauseous.
The two literal senses of nauseous, “causing nausea” ( a nauseous smell ) and “affected with nausea” ( to feel nauseous ), appear in English at almost the same time in the early 17th century, and both senses are in standard use at the present time. Nauseous is more common than nauseated in the sense “affected with nausea,” despite recent objections by those who imagine the sense to be new. In the sense “causing nausea,” either literally or figuratively, nauseating has become more common than nauseous.
mudkid almost 11 years ago
These comments are making me sick.
amaryllis2 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Answer to Caulfield’s question: Meniere’s Syndrome.
Jeff0811 almost 11 years ago
Caulfield at his desk appears to be anything but motionless.