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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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You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here.
(Score: 1) by taylormc on Monday July 13 2020, @04:04PM (3 children)
Sarcasm is always irreverent, irrespective of how effective it is.
(Score: 4, Funny) by aristarchus on Monday July 13 2020, @07:58PM (2 children)
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."
(Score: 3, Funny) by turgid on Monday July 13 2020, @10:45PM
Dude, that really is the pizza resistance.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @01:02PM
Oh dear God! I couldn't even read your whole post... it was just too painful.
Well played.