The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_6

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The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_6 NNames of products. See Trade- nanus, which came from the Greekmarks. nanos. The words mean dwarf. See also BILLION.Names, plural. See Plurals and singu- NATIONALITY. See RACE andlars, 2H, K. NATIONALITY.NANO- prefix. Nano- is a combin- NATURAL GAS. See GAS.ing form meaning billionth (in theAmerican sense: one part in NAUSEATED and NAUSEOUS.1,000,000,000). It is used in scientificcontexts. A nanocurie is one billionth of The title “Feeling Nauseous” flashed ona curie. A nanogram is one billionth of a the television screen several times to an-gram. A nanometer is one billionth of a nounce a forthcoming report on motionmeter. A nanosecond is one billionth of sickness. Nauseated was needed. “Nau-a second. Although it is a theoretical seous,” although common in conversa-unit and brief beyond perception, it has tion, is improper for more formal use.been seized by nonscientists for displays Nauseated (adjective) means sufferingof verbal extravagance. from nausea (noun), a feeling of sickness A journalist said, in a TV forum, that in the stomach. “I feel nauseated.”a political adviser had worked for a can- That which is nauseous (adjective)didate, not for a day or a week, but “for produces nausea. “It’s a nauseous gas.”a nanosecond.” The host of a radio talk A synonym is nauseating.show said, “Anyone who can think for A person can be nauseated withoutmore than a nanosecond knows how being nauseous in the same way that aspecious that whole line of argumenta- person can be endangered, periled, ortion [for natural birth control] is.” A poisoned without being dangerous, per-headline in a full-page, full-color maga- ilous, or poisonous.zine ad for an employment service read, To nauseate (verb, transitive) some-“Opportunity Knocks Every Other one is to produce nausea in the person.Nanosecond In Silicon Valley.” Perhaps “The gas nauseates me.” / “The roughthe company felt that “Every Nanosec- sea has nauseated us.” Less common rel-ond” would be overdoing it. Still, a hint atives are nauseation and nauseousnessof 500 million jobs every second depre- (nouns) and nauseatingly and nau-ciated the ad’s credibility. seously (adverbs). Nano- was drawn from the Latin All those n-words come from the242 names of products nee 243Greek nausia, meaning seasickness. It prison” was an escape or not. As for lis-stems from naus, ship, the origin of our teners: oral reports have no punctuation.word nautical. There are better ways to express the idea of a narrowly averted air accident,NAUTICAL MILE. See KNOT. or other mishap, as in the following ex- amples. An article was headed, “PlanesNAVAL and NAVEL. Three food Just Miss Collision Over Sea.” One sen-stores sold “NAVAL” oranges. So indi- tence of the text said, “Both crewscated a newspaper advertisement, a win- planned to file official near-collision re-dow sign, and sales receipts. None of the ports with the F.A.A.” The Dole storystores suggested any connection between said that a plane carrying her “was in-the navy and the oranges. (For instance, volved in a near-collision with another“These vitamin-rich fruits are good for aircraft.”the high C’s, a sweet treat for the fleet!”) NEAT. Nothing is wrong with a neatHence we can assume that they all mis-spelled what should have been NAVEL. home, desk, or person—one that is A seedless orange that bears a depres- spick-and-span, orderly, uncluttered. Asion resembling a navel is called a navel neat trick or job is performed withorange. The navel (noun) is the mark on adroitness, deftness, precision. And ifthe abdomen representing the place you drink whiskey neat, undiluted, youwhere the umbilical cord was connected can get drunk quickly.to the fetus. Naval (adjective), as in On the other hand, “neat” in the juve-naval officer, pertains to a navy. If you nile sense is slang: like “cool,” an all-need a memory aid, you can think of the purpose adjective of approval,a’s in anchors aweigh. synonymous with “k ...