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on about

Talking excessively about something in a way that bores or bothers the listener. Primarily heard in UK. I had to leave the room because the professor was on about the laziness of our generation yet again. Are you still on about me forgetting your birthday? That was months ago!
See also: on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Findlay-Scottish
Bogdanabawg-DAH-nah (Polish)Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
CeliaSEEL-yə (English), SEE-lee-ə (English), THE-lyah (Spanish), SE-lyah (Latin American Spanish), CHE-lyah (Italian)English, Spanish, Italian
Adhiambo-Eastern African, Luo
AdrianAY-dree-ən (English), AHD-ryahn (Polish), AH-dree-ahn (German), ah-dree-AHN (Russian)English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
Thalia[θə'laiə]