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

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 13 2020, @11:53AM   
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?

See Also:
Is 'Irregardless' a Real Word?
Definition of irregardless

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• Re:Webster doesn't decide Re:Webster doesn't decide (Score: 5, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 13 2020, @04:42PM (1 child)

  by Runaway1956 (2926) on Monday July 13 2020, @04:42PM (#1020435) Journal

  Someone should investigate that covfefe again. Was it a precursor to covid19? What did the president know, and when did he know it?

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• Re:Webster doesn't decide (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2020, @11:53PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2020, @11:53PM (#1020838)

  It's clearly a chemical formula for the antidote. Carbon, oxygen and 2 iron atoms. 'V' had me stumped remembering the periodic table.

  * Vanadium sounds like some pretty toxic stuff - don't be swallowing that based on the trolling on an internets.

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