480: Irregardless Apr 1, 2016

What is and is not a word is in constant debate, and really ought to stay there. Slangs get added to the dictionaries every year, giving them academic validity, but all of them were words in the eyes of the populous far beforehand. 'Irregardless' is now a word, defying all argument and even logical sense, since 'regardless' is already made negative by 'less' and needs no prefix. Still, by common usage, this word, perhaps a subconscious blend of 'irrespective' and 'regardless' exists officially in the eyes of academia, but existed long before.