[munchtipq]

Yes! The word "irregardless" should be stricken from the record, regardless of context and irrespective of usage.

I actually had a fight with someone about whether this was even a word. I said it wasn't, and I was wrong, it's in the dictionary, but it's a stupid word. Webster defines it as "a blend of irrespective and regardless". What kind of definition is that?

[georgiadevildog]

The word is listed in the dictionary, but it is listed as "nonstandard," meaning that it is not standard English and is akin to "ain't." It's not really a word. It's just that it has been used so much (incorrectly) that it has come to be accepted.

IMHO, you won your argument.

[arthurus]

For a proper dictionarỳou have to go back to Webster's Second International. Throw out the Third. It enshrines any word or usage that has been published twice or is known to the editors to have been spoken ten or a dozen times.