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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: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2020, @03:02PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2020, @03:02PM (#1020335)

    Is noose a word? How about Black? African? If you're offended by words then you are the racist... not the person speaking proper English.
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    Make sure to spay or neuter your SJW's.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday July 13 2020, @03:16PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 13 2020, @03:16PM (#1020352) Journal

    Noose is indeed a word. A word applicable when referencing SJW's.

    Black is a word. It is also a shade of gray, just at one endpoint of the gradient. Or #000000.

    African is a word. Someone who lives in Africa, which is a place and a word. The word could also refer to ancestry.

    Make sure to spay or neuter your SJW's.

    I could be confused or misinformed, but I thought some of them actually wanted that -- as long as the government must pay for it.

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    • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday July 13 2020, @08:07PM

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday July 13 2020, @08:07PM (#1020637) Journal

      Black is a word. It is also a shade of gray, just at one endpoint of the gradient.

      No. “Black” is a word. Black is very dark grey. Quotes matter.

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