# “Irregardless” **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2000, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956 "2000-08-11T13:21:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/1 "2000-08-11T13:21:36Z")
I’m watching “Today in L.A” on NBC, and the idiot weather man says something about dry and hot today but “irregardless” blah, blah, blah. Aren’t these people educated? Don’t they know that “irregardless” isn’t proper? I see this all too often on television, especially on news programs. It just bugs me everytime too. And now, I have the hiccups. ::sigh:: ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/2 "2000-08-11T13:25:01Z")
[jumps up and gives **Silver Fire** a big high-five] ---
**Author:** ![Tisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tisme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tisme)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/3 "2000-08-11T13:26:15Z")
Don’t you just hate it when educated peolpe, like us, can’t use proper grammer or sentence structures. Is no good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tisme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tisme)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/4 "2000-08-11T13:27:26Z")
p.s. BOO Did I cure those hiccups? ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/5 "2000-08-11T13:28:02Z")
I recall a story a while back where a lawyer, while arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, used the pseudo-word “irregardless”. One of the justices stopped him and explained that there was no such word. My guess is that the lawyer’s arguments weren’t very convincing. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/6 "2000-08-11T13:31:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tisme \* > \*\*p.s. BOO > > Did I cure those hiccups? \*\* ::hiccup!:: Nope. ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/7 "2000-08-11T13:33:50Z")
Here’s a glass of water. Take small sips. Breath deeply and steadily. That usually works for me. I’m with you on this one. It ranks right up there with “I could care less.” Wha? People use it all the time and apparently have no understanding of what they are actually saying. Would using ‘irregardless’ be like using a double negative? (Damn English majors…) ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/8 "2000-08-11T13:34:41Z")
I’ve heard that the best way to get rid of hiccups is to run down the street naked. Or at least, that’s what my friends said, it didn’t work for **me** though… ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/9 "2000-08-11T13:43:29Z")
**FreakFreely** , that’s **irregardless** of the OP, and a distinct hijack. hehe… I don’t think we can control the demise of our language anymore. I feel it’s gotten to where words like ‘irregardless’, and most of the “Ebonics” and other common slurs of our time are becoming normal, standard even to some extent. And words that have proper meaning, and a clear definition, like “niggardly”, are being misconstrued as other than what they mean, whereas their true definition no longer defines the word, because of a common consent. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/10 "2000-08-11T14:01:49Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by struuter \* \*\* I’m with you on this one. It ranks right up there with “I could care less.” Wha? People use it all the time and apparently have no understanding of what they are actually saying. OOh I know, this one is my favorite pet peeves as well. I want to respond, Oh yeah How much less? be precise. and what about supposably? I hear that one all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/11 "2000-08-11T14:15:28Z")
**Silver\_Fire and mojo57** - What’s wrong with **irregardless** and **supposably**? I could care less when those words are said. They seem like perfectly frombulent words to me. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/12 "2000-08-11T14:37:01Z")
Those who get their grammar from television deserve what they get. 🙂 Stick with NPR - they were even the first ones to figure out that the ‘t’ in “Pinochet” is pronounced. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/13 "2000-08-11T14:42:03Z")
Aaauugghh! I HATE it when people do that. It also KILLS me when people mix up “their” and “they’re”. IT’S NOT THAT DIFFICULT! Pay attention in 3rd grade, wouldja? grrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/14 "2000-08-11T14:44:56Z")
**BratMan007:** I’m picking up a bit of sarcasm in your post. (Please, tell me I’m picking up a little sarcasm in your post. I hope you aren’t serious!) **DDG:** Right on and a ^5 to you too. 🙂 **Freakly:** You just want me to run around naked. Nope, I’m not going to. **Soulsling:** 😕 😃 **struuter:** Thanks for the water. “I could care less” is a really bad one for me. I just want to take the person and shake 'em as hard as I can screaming, “No! You couldn’t care less!! Could NOT!” **mojo57:** “Supposably” LMAO! I haven’t heard that in so long! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/15 "2000-08-11T14:45:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by soulsling \* > > I don’t think we can control the demise of our language anymore. I feel it’s gotten to where words like ‘irregardless’, and most of the “Ebonics” and other common slurs of our time are becoming normal, standard even to some extent. And words that have proper meaning, and a clear definition, like “niggardly”, are being misconstrued as other than what they mean, whereas their true definition no longer defines the word, because of a common consent. This is why the English language is a living language. Common consent is needed in order for communication to take place. Can you imagine the pendantic uproar caused when napple became apple and the disrespectful youth started calling their parents “you” instead of “thou”? Still, there should be some standards we must try to live up to. Otherwise, how could we tell the lower classes from the upper? Irregardless of that, I could care less seeing as how it’s the same difference. ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/16 "2000-08-11T14:48:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mojo57 \* > …and what about supposably? I hear that one all the time. > > \*\* Heeheehee. I hear you loud and clear. My husband (jokingly) says ‘stupposably’ and ‘deledgedly’ all the time. Got it from some comedian. He also says things like, “I believe I will trunkify these groceries. That will leave more room in the back seat.” He thinks he’s really funny. That in itself is really funny. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/17 "2000-08-11T15:09:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silver\_Fire \* > **BratMan007:** I’m picking up a bit of sarcasm in your post. (Please, tell me I’m picking up a little sarcasm in your post. I hope you aren’t serious!) Are you suggesting **frombulent** isn’t a real word? I’ll have you know that **frombulent** is as real a word as irregardless, supposably, and enclaventude (and won’t I feel stupid if _enclaventude_ turns out to be a real word). BTW, I’ll try to be less subtle next time. In the future, when I’m being sarcastic, I shall refer you to my sig line. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/18 "2000-08-11T15:30:16Z")
In my opinion, the errors reported in this thread are the penultimate examples of ignorance. Everyone should talk like I do - I am the pluperfect example of good grammar. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/19 "2000-08-11T15:31:20Z")
My husband, and my father, both use the ‘word’ irregardless. I correct them every single time. They hate that. I know that it is annoying to them when I do it. I have not yet determined who is more annoyed by these exchanges - me, at having to listen to them use that darned ‘word’ yet again, or them, at having to hear me nag them about it yet again. My hubby hears it about his grammatical errors on a fairly frequent basis. His other frequently used abomination is ‘youse.’ So far, the kids haven’t picked it up from him yet. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956/20 "2000-08-11T15:33:22Z")
By the way, he has been “hearing it” on this subject since long before we were married. He chose this life for himself. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregardless/28956.md?page=2)