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The Debate over "Irregardless" -- is it a Word?

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 13 2020, @11:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the First-to-Fall dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/06/887540598/the-debate-over-the-word-irregardless-is-it-a-word

All right. Let's settle something here. The word irregardless - is it a word or is it not a word? Well, this is a debate that Merriam-Webster is now weighing in on in a tweet saying that it is, in fact, a word. And that has led to a whole lot of reaction online.

Merriam-Webster has confirmed that "irregardless" is a word in the dictionary, despite concerns from teachers that it is not.

So fellow Soylentils, irregardless of my opinion, what do your think?

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Is 'Irregardless' a Real Word?
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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday July 13 2020, @01:51PM (4 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 13 2020, @01:51PM (#1020296) Journal

    regardless of the outcome.

    Irregardless of that, I was taut/tot that sarcasm is always irreverent.

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  • (Score: 1) by taylormc on Monday July 13 2020, @04:04PM (3 children)

    by taylormc (5751) on Monday July 13 2020, @04:04PM (#1020409)

    Sarcasm is always irreverent, irrespective of how effective it is.

    • (Score: 4, Funny) by aristarchus on Monday July 13 2020, @07:58PM (2 children)

      by aristarchus (2645) on Monday July 13 2020, @07:58PM (#1020620) Journal

      Obviously, we need to "refudiate" this word. For all intensive purposes, in order to pass mustard, a word my not flustrate anyone in the mist of things, for it would then be a mute point. Best to nip it in the butt, and not take language for granite, and seize to be ostenspacious. "Condemnant quo non intellegunt."