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Written by Bread and Circuses on 2025-01-18 at 14:17

If irrational is the opposite of rational...

If irreverent is the opposite of reverent...

If irresistible is the opposite of resistible...

Then WHY does irregardless mean the same thing as regardless?

🤔 English is weird.

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Written by Bill, organizer of stuff on 2025-01-18 at 14:40

@breadandcircuses irregardless is a neologism only formalized within the last few years, It arose from a mistaken blending of "irrespective" and "regardless," which are roughly synonymous. The resulting "irregardless" isn't from the same history where "irr" negates the word, as in "irreplaceable," so it only sounds like it should.

FWIW, I have never been a fan of "irregardless," since it was a mistake to begin with...

Ref: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/is-irregardless-a-real-word-heh-heh

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Written by don't buy it on 2025-01-18 at 17:32

@breadandcircuses Nonsense. I find it very ritating.

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Written by freediverx on 2025-01-19 at 10:43

@breadandcircuses

My opinion of a person automatically drops if they use that word.

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Written by Bread and Circuses on 2025-01-19 at 12:17

@freediverx Irregardless of what they say?

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Written by freediverx on 2025-01-19 at 13:42

@breadandcircuses

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Written by Crow on 2025-01-19 at 21:03

@breadandcircuses because irregardless isn't really a word.

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Written by GLC on 2025-01-20 at 00:44

@breadandcircuses

And your bimestrial reminder that the opposite of "cleave" (apart) is "cleave" (together).

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Written by woe2you on 2025-01-20 at 01:02

@breadandcircuses Because it wasn't a word, then people who don't not misunderstand double negatives started using it and apparently that's all it takes for it to become one.

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Written by Bread and Circuses on 2025-01-20 at 10:45

@woe2you And I could care less.

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