12/19   What's the origin of "ad nauseum"? I can't remember since
        this corruption of it has been used so often.
        \- uh what are you asking? what it literally means in latin,
           how it is used in english or where it came from?
           literally "to <the point of> disgust. usually means "repetion
           to the point of being annoying" more "editorial" than ad
           infinitum. i think this is to generic to have an "origianlly
           used by juvenal" type answer. q.v. "ad libitum" --psb
           \_ ah yes, i was thinking about "ad infinitum". Is "nauseum"
              a real latin word? I thought it was just an attempt at
              humor.  ... hmm, dict says it's actually "ad nauseam"
              \- well it is latin and in turn greek. like nautical.
                 of course that is "real latin" unlike "sic ubi semper ubi"
                 which is a simple latin joke or "sic goli misdae hoc ipuc"
                                                      --psb