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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?
Definition of irregardless

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Thexalon on Monday July 13 2020, @09:37PM (1 child)

    by Thexalon (636) on Monday July 13 2020, @09:37PM (#1020726)

    Stulti non intelligere bona verba.

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday July 14 2020, @11:35AM

    by Bot (3902) on Tuesday July 14 2020, @11:35AM (#1021159) Journal

    "NON POSSVNT INTELLIGERE"
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