Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. If it's in the dictionary, does that make it a real word? noon orsatti grammar Somebody just corrected me on the use of the word irregardless, and true I forgot that it wasn't a word (whatever) but at that moment in time I wanted to express beyond a reasonable doubt, my dissatisfaction and, well, it just popped out.. so a double negative is not such a bad thing afterall.. Everyone so hung up on words and vocabulary are the same that will never progress, never evolve into anything more than primordeal soup. Get on the bandwaggon, things are changing, ebonics are happening whether or not you want to accept it.. It doesn't make anyone "Dumber" sounding, it just places you in the Jurassic period of evolution... So Sorry for you! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=20628#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=20628#Comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:11:20 GMT Jerseygirl grammar Next thing you know they will add "supposebly" instead of "supposedly". I thought this was just poor Joisey grammar. Both words, along with so many others, completely irritate me to the bone. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=20329#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=20329#Comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:16:09 GMT SJW grammar Hearing someone use the (made up) word "irregardless" in conversation is as irritating as hearing the often misused word "copacetic". For example, "Irregardless, are we copacetic now?" Wow, that sentence really makes the skin crawl right off of my neck... http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=20039#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=20039#Comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:32:30 GMT Steve C grammar steve- People who think that using nonstandard English is a sign of stupidity have revealed themselves to be the stupid ones. Michael Miller- What may I ask is a "made up word". Please explain where "real" worrds come from. Divine creation, perhaps? I have a 4 year degree from a major university, and have always scored high on IQ tests. I will conversate using language that is appropriate to the conversation as I see it, irregardless of the opinion of self-appointed "experts". -Steve P.S. Interestingly, conversate is flagged in my spell-checker, but irregardless is not. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=19933#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=19933#Comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:36:26 GMT Marty Yinzer grammar Irregardless of your opinion, I'll use it when I want to sound important. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=19333#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=19333#Comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:08:32 GMT Michael Miller grammar It is not a real word. It is a made up word.Appending regardless with the prefix IR is not only a waste of letters and breath it does not follow proper english rules. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=18805#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=18805#Comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:31:53 GMT Mandy grammar I find it humorous that people seem to be taking offense to the fact that use of the word is not proper grammar. I also hate double negatives, and, being from Southwest Missouri, I hear them all the stinking time! Bah. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=18668#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=18668#Comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:49:42 GMT Steve Oh grammar Sometimes when I'm feeling SUPER regardless regarding something, I do feel the need to convey "without without regard"...so I'll just say..."no matter" or "whatever", but I have never said "irregardless" in my life. I don't want to come off drunk, when I may actually be sober. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=18452#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=18452#Comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:43:41 GMT eiron f grammar I think you may be underexaggerating. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=18264#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=18264#Comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:45:15 GMT steve grammar I see some people on here say that they will continue to use the word irregardless. Why would you want people to think you are stupid just to prove a point? Then governor of Missouri, Matt Blundt, used the word in a speech. The St. Louis Post Dispatch posted a copy of his speech with (sic) after the word. How embarrassing for him. I would be willing to bet that the speech writer didn't have it in the speech as irregardless. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=17699#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx?commentid=17699#Comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:10:25 GMT Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:11:20 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/irregardless.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us