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Originally Posted by matthewb0051
Former boss very well respected used to say iregardless quite often. He ended up being a judge on the trial bench and the Army criminal appellate court.
Drove me crazy when he said it.
Then just last week, I was talking with an attorney friend and I said its not a proper word. She tells me that it is indeed a word.
SMH
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Dictionaries add words as they become more widely used including slang, technical and layman's speech.
The only problem with
irregardless is that regardless means exactly the same thing w/o the prefix -ir. The theory goes that it's a combination of irrespective and regardless. There's nothing really wrong with it other than the prefix and suffix are redundant.
I wouldn't put it in a formal writing form and I personally don't use the term.
But I've heard much worse butchering on the English language that irregardless barely moves the needle for me.