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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Irregardless Porcupine #173094 02/02/2008 2:50 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 29 New Mexico Porcupine newbie Porcupine newbie Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 29 New Mexico "irregardless an erroneous word that, etymologically, means the exact opposite of what it is used to express, attested in non-standard writing from 1912, probably a blend of irrespective and regardless. Perhaps inspired by the double negative used as an emphatic." Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Suppurate - 02/01/08 Porcupine 02/01/2008 2:17 PM Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08 Alex Williams 02/01/2008 2:40 PM Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08 Faldage 02/01/2008 3:41 PM Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08 tsuwm 02/01/2008 4:02 PM Re: at last, all too well, I can see zmjezhd 02/01/2008 4:21 PM Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08 Myridon 02/01/2008 4:29 PM Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08 tsuwm 02/01/2008 4:31 PM Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08 2fs 02/01/2008 5:20 PM Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08 zmjezhd 02/01/2008 5:41 PM Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08 dalehileman 02/01/2008 5:44 PM Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08 Porcupine 02/02/2008 3:00 AM Re: vidyā dadāti vinayam zmjezhd 02/02/2008 3:49 AM Re: vidyā dadāti vinayam tsuwm 02/02/2008 4:45 AM Re: vidyā dadāti vinayam Zed 02/02/2008 7:22 AM Re: in- morphememedley 02/02/2008 11:41 PM Re: Irregardless Porcupine 02/02/2008 2:50 PM Re: Irregardless dalehileman 02/02/2008 4:08 PM Re: Irregardless Zed 02/02/2008 9:03 PM Re: Irregardless themilum 02/02/2008 4:37 PM Re: Irregardless Faldage 02/02/2008 8:42 PM Re: in- Buffalo Shrdlu 02/02/2008 11:58 PM Re: Irregardless zmjezhd 02/02/2008 4:43 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,305 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,153 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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