vocab for the week 12

What is the meaning of the expression ‘ad nauseam’?

Let’s begin by dealing with the pronunciation of this Latin expression. The first word is pronounced like the word ‘add’. The ‘au’ in ‘nauseam’ is like the ‘au’ in ‘caught’, ‘taught’, and ‘naught’, and the following ‘se’ is like the ‘zi’ in ‘zip’ and ‘zinc’. The final syllable is pronounced like the word ‘am’. The expression is pronounced ‘add NAU-zi-am’ with the main stress on the first syllable of ‘nauseam’. When someone talks about something ‘ad nauseam’, he talks about it so much that it becomes extremely boring for the listeners.

*The Minister talked ad nauseam about his achievements.