Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 13, 2013

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.

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……

http://www.gocomics.com/dogsofckennel#mutable_1065516

it happens sometimes. I had it happen once. I was reading a book and suddenly I felt like I was seasick. really weird

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.

These comments are making me sick.

Answer to Caulfield’s question: Meniere’s Syndrome.

Caulfield at his desk appears to be anything but motionless.