"Irregardless" now a Miriam-Webster word.

• "Irregardless" now a Miriam-Webster word.
  Posted by Dr.Rev.DelmarMacReady on 09 Jul, 2020 11:09
• Ugh. Stop the ride, please. I'd like to get off.
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  Posted by Stoker on 09 Jul, 2020 11:37
• I know just what you mean ..... but I'm afraid we've bought the E-Ticket and have no choice but to ride it out all the way to our own demise!
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  Posted by Hero on 09 Jul, 2020 11:55
• Quote from: Stoker on 09 Jul, 2020 11:37

  I know just what you mean ..... but I'm afraid we've bought the E-Ticket and have no choice but to ride it out all the way to our own demise!
  

  
  Irregardless of the consequences....😜
  
  (BTW, Merriam-Webster may recognise this, but my spelling checker does not. For once, I have some regard for the spelling checker!)
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  Posted by Stoker on 09 Jul, 2020 13:58
• Perhaps not yet .... but it will
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  Posted by classixs on 09 Jul, 2020 14:14
• 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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  Posted by Dr.Rev.DelmarMacReady on 09 Jul, 2020 15:12
• The language is changing expodentially. 🤔
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  Posted by Stoker on 09 Jul, 2020 16:08
• Quote from: Dr.Rev.DelmarMacReady on 09 Jul, 2020 15:12

  The language is changing expodentially. 🤔
  

  
  I recommend that you seriously consider the cerebral lameness of the source on that one.
  
  Languages always change some, through time, but sadly ours seems to be changing rapidly from dumb to dumber ..... and even beyond that to dumberer!!!
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  Posted by classixs on 09 Jul, 2020 16:14
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  Had to Google that one as well 
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  Posted by Steam Technology on 09 Jul, 2020 16:50
• So according to the description it means 'regard' as 2 negatives make a positive.
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  Posted by txlabman on 09 Jul, 2020 17:27
• The only thing worse is:
  
  PHYSICALITY
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  Posted by J.Jackson on 10 Jul, 2020 17:41
• Does it have an emoji yet ?
  Was another word cancelled and sent to gulag to make space for this new word ?
  
  I have been trying to catch up on the Party’s mandates for woke newspeak, but around the house I have resorted to Pidgin English as it works on my Stimensins.
  Irregardless ....hummmm... Dispela tok no wok long may
  
  So,  irregardless can now be used in Scrabble ; until it’s deemed offensive .
  https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/10/scrabble-players-association-removes-236-offensive-words/
  
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  Posted by Tadfafty on 12 Jul, 2020 23:01
• doubleplusungood
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  Posted by Dr.Rev.DelmarMacReady on 13 Jul, 2020 15:48
• Quote from: Jasper on 10 Jul, 2020 17:41

  Does it have an emoji yet ?
  Was another word cancelled and sent to gulag to make space for this new word ?
  
  I have been trying to catch up on the Party’s mandates for woke newspeak, but around the house I have resorted to Pidgin English as it works on my Stimensins.
  Irregardless ....hummmm... Dispela tok no wok long may
  
  So,  irregardless can now be used in Scrabble ; until it’s deemed offensive .
  https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/10/scrabble-players-association-removes-236-offensive-words/
  

  
  I looked, the closest thing I could find was what I can assume is a turd. But I think that's already being used to represent the Bill of Rights.
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