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Do you use 'nauseous' when you mean 'nauseated'?

Many people say, when sick to their stomachs, that they feel 'nauseous' (pronounced 'NOSH-uss' or 'NOZH-uss') but traditionalists insist that this word should be used to describe something that makes you want to throw up: something nauseating. They hear you as saying that you make people want to vomit, and it tempers their sympathy for your plight. Better to say you are 'nauseated,' or simply that you feel like throwing up.

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