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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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After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than done.
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Monday July 13 2020, @12:59PM (5 children)
That depends, is "irregardless" considered offensive to anyone? :P
Yet this question is asked in the same breath as the word "tweet". Putting aside that this was already a word with a different meaning (in the context of birds), there are issues with the usage of this word. The way people use this word, it specifically denotes a short micro-blog style post specifically on the Twitter(R)(TM) web site. It probably should be written Tweet(R)(TM), although I'm not completely positive if that is actually a trademark. If not, then what happens if some other similar social media web site comes along? Is "tweet" generic enough that you can say someone "wrote a tweet on Tweedupe.com?" Personally, I think "tweet" should not be used at all in the context of internet message posting. It should be "Webster is now weighing in on in a social media post", otherwise you are essentially advertising a specific web site.
But everyone loves their precious Tweeter(R)(TM) so much that they are completely oblivious to this.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday July 13 2020, @03:16PM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 3, Insightful) by mhajicek on Monday July 13 2020, @03:45PM (1 child)
I xeroxed my kleenex.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 3, Insightful) by MostCynical on Monday July 13 2020, @09:34PM
as long as you hoovered it up afterwards
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @01:10AM (1 child)
Just to folks like Aristarchus that want to appear intelligent without doing any of the work necessary to know what they're talking about. Sniping at people for saying things like "irregardless" is a really easy way to pretend to be smart and justify it to yourself while everybody else knows you're a moron that's completely full of shit.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Thursday July 16 2020, @01:02AM
Sometimes, when someone else appears to be moron and full of shit, it could be just that you do not understand them, and the reason they appear stupid is actually because you are. It is called the "principle of charity": always give your interlocutor the benefit of the doubt, assume they are talking sense, until they have proven beyond all doubt that they are ignorant or insane. Irregardlesserly, you provide a sterling example in this case! Have a good life, AC!