Author Topic: "Irregardless" now a Miriam-Webster word. (Read 1597 times)

classixs · « **on:** July 09, 2020, 02:14:08 pm »

I had to Google it, to find the exact meaning/reason/use of it

Seems we aren´t the only ones wondering, seing these Q&A´s on Merriam Webster:

Is 'irregardless' a word?
Yes. It may not be a word that you like, or a word that you would use in a term paper, but irregardless certainly is a word. It has been in use for well over 200 years, employed by a large number of people across a wide geographic range and with a consistent meaning. That is why we, and well-nigh every other dictionary of modern English, define this word. Remember that a definition is not an endorsement of a word's use.

Does 'irregardless' mean the same thing as 'regardless'?
Yes. We define irregardless as "regardless." Many people find irregardless to be a nonsensical word, as the ir- prefix usually functions to indicates negation; however, in this case it appears to function as an intensifier. Similar ir- words, while rare, do exist in English, including irremediless ("remediless"), irresistless ("resistless") and irrelentlessly ("relentlessly).

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Author Topic: "Irregardless" now a Miriam-Webster word. (Read 1597 times)

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