REDUCTIO AD NAUSEAM

(Latin) a humorous variation of reductio ad absurdum. Ad nauseam is a Latin phrase which literally means "to nausea." See also reductio ad absurdum in this glossary. He has the right to deny people the right to play a game and he will use it and use it and use it until you finally get the ne plus ultra, the reductio ad nauseum of all personnel officers an army personnel officer. -Rugged Individualism (30 Aug. 55)