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“Irregardless” is a word. You just used it, so do millions of others, and when they use it I know exactly how to understand it.
by unsupp0rted 5y ago
“Irregardless” is a word. You just used it, so do millions of others, and when they use it I know exactly how to understand it.
- macintux 5y agoUnlike “inflammable” which is virtually guaranteed to confuse.
- UncleSlacky 5y ago"Inflammable means flammable? What a country!" - Dr Nick Riviera
- IncRnd 5y agoThe word appears in dictionaries, which document usage, but the word is nonsensical. "Irregardless" is used to mean "regardless", which is a far better choice of word. irregardless (adj.) an erroneous word that, etymologically, means the opposite of what it is used to express; probably a blend of irrespective and regardless, and perhaps inspired by the colloquial use of the double negative as an emphatic. [1] [1] https://www.etymonline.com/word/irregardless https://www.etymonline.com/word/irregardless
- LgWoodenBadger 5y agoSimilar to bone and debone, ravel and unravel, and countless others I'm sure.
- UncleSlacky 5y agoLiterally!
- ncmncm 5y agoStan Kelly-Bootle used to call these self-antonyms.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- unsupp0rted 5y agoEnglish would be a lot more compact if we removed all the nonsensical and previously-nonsensical words. Start with the auto-antonyms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym * Cleave can mean "to cling" or "to split apart". * Clip can mean "attach" or "cut off". * Dust can mean "to remove dust” (cleaning a house) or "to add dust" (e.g. to dust a cake with powdered sugar). * Fast can mean "without moving; fixed in place", (holding fast, also as in "steadfast"), or "moving quickly". * Ravel can mean "to separate" (e.g. threads in cloth) or "entangle".[11] Sanction can mean "approve" or "penalize". * Table can mean "to discuss a topic at a meeting" (British English) or "to postpone discussion of a topic" (American English).
- pfdietz 5y agoIt's a perfectly cromulent word.