# Irregardless, you drive me batshit. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 17, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807 "2008-01-17T00:08:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/1 "2008-01-17T00:08:52Z")
Please, please, PLEEEEZE! I beg of you, have mercy on the rest of us and let this word go. If I hear the word “irregardless” from you just one more time, you’ll be treated to a remake of “The Exorcist”, with all the accompanying head-twisting, pea-soup vomit spewing and profanity you can handle. I’ll even throw in a fairly good rendition of Satan’s growl for your amusement. Never mind that “irregardless” is annoying on its own. But I do not think that word means what you think it means, Madam. You remind me of a kid who has just learned a new word and inserts it into the conversation at random, and as frequently as possible. Whereas other people might use “basically” (equally annoying), or some such other filler word, “irregardless” seems to be your favorite, and it grates on my nerves more and more strongly each time I hear it. Yes, I actually counted the number of times you uttered this word during the meeting last week. During the course of a forty-five minute meeting, you spoke The Word That Makes Me Want to Start A Catfight seventeen times. Seventeen times, for corn’s sake! Give it a rest! You’re a nice enough gal and I don’t want to step on your toes. But if I hear “irregardless” just ONE more time… RAWR!! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/2 "2008-01-17T00:15:35Z")
[QUOTE=Electrical Storm] You’re a nice enough gal and I don’t want to step on your toes. But if I hear “irregardless” just ONE more time… RAWR!! [/QUOTE] IRREGARDLESS ! Bwhahahahahaha ! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/3 "2008-01-17T00:16:27Z")
You it’s safe to say that your problem with “irregardless” is ginormous? Edit: Uh-oh, Firefox considers irregardless to be spelled correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/4 "2008-01-17T00:20:54Z")
And please don’t say “more tender” when you mean “tenderer”. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/5 "2008-01-17T00:25:41Z")
I have to axe you and impordant question. Why do you hate this word? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/6 "2008-01-17T00:26:43Z")
A lady on “Judge Judy” the other day said “In regeneration to that matter…” 🙂 I don’t think Judge Judy was impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/7 "2008-01-17T00:47:09Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] IRREGARDLESS ! Bwhahahahahaha ! [/QUOTE] :: Drags DT by the scruff :: Okay, you asked for it. Put 'em up! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/8 "2008-01-17T00:50:57Z")
[QUOTE=thelurkinghorror] You it’s safe to say that your problem with “irregardless” is ginormous? [/QUOTE] Sure, for all intensive purposes. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/9 "2008-01-17T00:52:32Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] A lady on “Judge Judy” the other day said “In regeneration to that matter…” [/QUOTE] What word was she trying for? ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/10 "2008-01-17T00:53:19Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] A lady on “Judge Judy” the other day said “In regeneration to that matter…” 🙂 I don’t think Judge Judy was impressed. [/QUOTE] Bad enough, but the guy at work who keeps using the word “coz” (subsitute for ‘because’) in his work e-mail communications could run regeneration lady up a tree. “Coz” this and “coz” that. Think I’m gonna coz him a smack upside the damned head. :rolleyes: At least he seems to have tapered off as of late. Maybe someone learned him a good lesson about it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/11 "2008-01-17T00:54:23Z")
My boss said irregardless just today before I read this rant. He is usually a kind, decent and intelligent man. So I let him live. Just this once. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/12 "2008-01-17T01:00:21Z")
[QUOTE=PetW] What word was she trying for? [/QUOTE] I’m assuming “regards” but man, that’s far off. Note to patients calling about appointments: the plural of the word “test” is **not** “testes”. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/13 "2008-01-17T01:14:37Z")
[QUOTE=PetW] What word was she trying for? [/QUOTE] “Regard”, probably. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/14 "2008-01-17T05:32:11Z")
[QUOTE=thelurkinghorror] Edit: Uh-oh, Firefox considers irregardless to be spelled correctly. [/QUOTE] How would you spell it? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/15 "2008-01-17T05:56:51Z")
[QUOTE=Jamaika a jamaikaiaké] How would you spell it? [/QUOTE] Irregardless isn’t a word! ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/16 "2008-01-17T06:02:25Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] Irregardless isn’t a word! [/QUOTE] SHHHHHHH!!! Do you want to wake up the anti-prescriptivists? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/17 "2008-01-17T08:00:58Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] Irregardless isn’t a word! [/QUOTE] [Yes, it is.](http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/irregardless)😛 > [@](#): > > The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/18 "2008-01-17T11:33:11Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] Irregardless isn’t a word! [/QUOTE] How do you figure? Isn’t it used widely and consistently? ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/19 "2008-01-17T12:28:16Z")
I would love to use irregardless more often but I know the irony-deficient wouldn’t know I wasn’t serious. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807/20 "2008-01-17T14:11:33Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] I’m assuming “regards” but man, that’s far off. [/QUOTE] Yup. She was one of those people who, instead of speaking plainly, thinks that she’ll sound more intelligent if she throws in words with more syllables. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless-you-drive-me-batshit/433807.md?page=2)