I've just been in a presentation where the dude used the 'word' 'irregardless'.
Man that slightly annoys me.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:44, 5 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Did it make you feel inflammatory?

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:45, Reply)

Is that not a word?
I use it sometimes. Am I a fool?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:46, Reply)

If it means anything it means "not regardless"
which at best means you're using it wrong.

Of course, it doesn't mean that because it's not a word.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:47, Reply)

You know what, I am an idiot.
I hadn't noticed that. How has it come to be common parlance then?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:54, Reply)

People are spastics, basically.
Don't feel bad.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:56, Reply)

and mongols.
Spastics and Mongols.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:00, Reply)

It's a double negative, innit.
See Kroney's expl above.

They mean "regarding", or, more probably by the sound of it, "regardless".

Either way they are WRONG and they need to be SHOT.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:51, Reply)

maybe the poor man just had a stutter
r-r-regardless of that, he deserves respect.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:52, Reply)

It is a commonly used word.
So I think that makes it a word.

I don't like it but I don't make the rules.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:54, Reply)

Ah but that is the beauty of the English language
It is technically incorrect, but it has been in common usage for some time, so is therefore an English word.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:57, Reply)

Googlefinger says 1795.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:59, Reply)

Yes - so is "gifted", but "given" is waaaaaay better.
THIS IS SCIENTIFIC FACT.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:03, Reply)

gifted is a perfectly acceptable word

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:07, Reply)

I have no problem with it.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:09, Reply)

neither do I
Haha! Shitter than The Kooks!
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:11, Reply)

not one ever applied to you, though

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:11, Reply)

I gave him a scornful look but allowed him to present on Life and Critical Illness insurance unhindered

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:58, Reply)

unhindered 'irregardless'
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:00, Reply)

it's worse than 'preorder'

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:01, Reply)

I blame the Yanks. Our language has been burglarized.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:02, Reply)

That's unpossible.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:04, Reply)

I blame dyslexics and the spastics

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:04, Reply)

"We're reaching out to you with this challenge we've been gifted"
I witnessed this being used without any irony.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 10:47, Reply)

There was an American Dad episode taking the piss out of this

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:05, Reply)

The father in law uses this word
and like you I thought it wasn't real.
I looked in the OED and to my embarrassment found it.
It means a cross between irrespective and regardless.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:27, Reply)

It's real, but incorrect.
See above.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 11:37, Reply)