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Marketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.

Thanks to simbosan for the idea

(I helped save b3ta! Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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"I'm feeling a bit nauseous"
No, you're feeling nauseated, possibly because you ate or drank something nauseous.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:47, 4 replies)
I think you have that reversed.
You feel nauseous because you drank something nauseating.

Merriam-Webster seems to think that it's ambiguous: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nauseous
(I helped save b3ta! Wanderer, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:53, closed)
From my copy of Chambers:
Nauseous:
1. Affected by nausea
2. Producing nausea
3. Disgusting
4. Loathsome
(I helped save b3ta! Legionary - My god, Brian, there's a message in my alphabets, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:31, closed)
maybe
he's thinking of the word "noxious"? E.g. drinking something noxious
(Tilde, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:32, closed)
I think you've elevated pedantry to a new level with this post
i bet only 6 people have expresssed they have 'felt nauseated' since 1742, none this century i'll wager Squire.
(Moominator missing the good stuff cos' the swear filter is on, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:11, closed)

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