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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Yourn a cunt word
Irregardless

Adverb
Without paying attention to the present situation; despite the prevailing circumstances.
Synonyms
notwithstanding
(, Tue 25 Jun 2013, 14:45, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
How does that word differ from 'regardless'?
- other than that a normal person would use the latter and a bent spastic the former.
(, Tue 25 Jun 2013, 14:47, Reply)
Irregardless means the same as regardless, but the negative prefix ir- merely duplicates the suffix -less, and is unnecessary. The word dates back to the 19th century, but is regarded as incorrect in standard English.

(, Tue 25 Jun 2013, 14:47, Reply)
so it's like regardless but stronger?

(, Tue 25 Jun 2013, 14:49, Reply)
No, it's like "regardless", but not a word.

(, Tue 25 Jun 2013, 14:50, Reply)

stronger for bent spastics with no grasp of English
(, Tue 25 Jun 2013, 14:50, Reply)
I had a grasp of your mum;s tits last night

(, Tue 25 Jun 2013, 14:52, Reply)
Doubtful. They're not much of a handful.

(, Tue 25 Jun 2013, 14:53, Reply)
i was using my teeth

(, Tue 25 Jun 2013, 14:54, Reply)
Same as 'inflammable' then?

(, Tue 25 Jun 2013, 15:05, Reply)
No
The words inflammable and flammable both have the same meaning, ‘easily set on fire’. This might seem surprising, given that the prefix in- normally has a negative meaning (as in indirect and insufficient), and so it might be expected that inflammable would mean the opposite of flammable, i.e. ‘not easily set on fire’.
In fact, inflammable is formed using a different Latin prefix in-, which has the meaning ‘into’ and here has the effect of intensifying the meaning of the word in English.
Flammable is a far commoner word than inflammable and carries less risk of confusion.
(, Tue 25 Jun 2013, 15:07, Reply)

irrespective

would still be a better word to use
(, Tue 25 Jun 2013, 15:24, Reply)

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