Not a Word (of the day)

[Darth_Sizzle]

"Irregardless" is not a word.

Regardless is what you mean.

[Noctus]

My favorite online dictionary:

irregardless adj. chiefly (Amer.) [coll.] [hum.] - the word is considered nonstandard and should be avoided in formal writing




I bet it will be in 20 years......

[Arkat]

The verb form of the word "incentive" is "incentivize," not "incent" as in "To incent."

"Let's incent the salespeople to sell more." This drives me absolutely crazy!

[Aesop]

Conversated

as in "I conversated with him about the Union and he said,'irregardless of what we wanted they ain't gonna give it to us'"

[Aeneas]

people saying "supposably" and " (placeholder for word that escapes me but royally ****es me off)"

[frugal_gourmet]

Irregardless is, in fact, a word.

Sorry.

[Darth_Sizzle]

irregardless Is, In Fact, A Word.

Sorry.

LOL

Regardless of what you say, irregardless is, in fact, not a word...

[WeaselKing]

Anyways (there is no s)

Another one that gets me is when people say says when they really mean said as in:

"And then I says to him..." instead of "And then I said to him."

Oh and its ASK not AX! >(

[wamjratl1]

If someone is going through an Orientation, they are being Oriented, not Orientated.

[Hobgoblin]

the one that gets me is aint

it just sounds uneducated

[vtecfiend99]

LOL

Regardless of what you say, irregardless is, in fact, not a word...

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed...rdless?view=uk

Oh and its ASK not AX! >

lol, you mean axsk? growing up near detroit... this one always makes my skin crawl

[Aeneas]

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed...rdless?view=uk

that link points you to a listing in the oxford dictionary where it tells you that irregardless is probably a mutt word created from two others. Notice that it has NO definition.

[WeaselKing]

If someone is going through an Orientation, they are being Oriented, not Orientated.

Oh, that one drives me nuts.

[Borror0]

the one that gets me is aint

it just sounds uneducated

It ain't that bad.

[wamjratl1]

that link points you to a listing in the oxford dictionary where it tells you that irregardless is probably a mutt word created from two others. Notice that it has NO definition.

Yup. You are correct.

Unfortunately, language is a living thing, based on Speach, not Writing. We create our "rules" for written language based on what is currently considered the most correct way to speak. So, yes, currently, "Irregardless" is considered non-standard, at best. However, given the public penchant for using this word, it is likely to eventually become standard and correct, as are many of the other non-words that are being discussed in this thread (and trust me, as an English major and Technical Writer, they all crawl me to no end...). In other words, our kids will eventually use these words and correct us when we tell them they aren't real words.

But yeah anyway they aren't words now so PLEASE STOP USING THEM!!!!

[Strakeln]

There is no verb form of the word "incentive."

"Let's incent the salespeople to sell more." This drives me absolutely crazy!

Incentivize

[Grimgore]

Nondescript, because in fact, it actually describes something...

-Grim

[Strakeln]

But yeah anyway they aren't words now so PLEASE STOP USING THEM!!!!

This is a chicken-and-egg problem, but one to which the solution is known.

Tell me: does a dictionary reflect the words people are using, or do the words people are using reflect what the dictionary contains?

In other words, does a dictionary define a language, or does it describe a language?

I argue that a dictionary describes a language, and is therefore perpetually behind the times. I think that the dictionaries themselves prove my point quite handily... every so often, they add words that the people have been using. But they never, ever, EVER make up words that are then to be adopted into the language.

It is also worth noting that language is regionally defined. A personal example: my parents were divorced when I was quite young. I lived with my mom and stepdad... one of the foods we'd eat on occasion there were white hot dogs (pork, veal, beef, spices), known as "coneys" (pronounced cone-E).

One summer, when I was visiting my dad and stepmom, I asked if we could get some "coneys" from the grocery store (yes, they did sell them in both states). My stepmother thought I was being racist, using some derivation of the word "coon".

[Arkat]

Incentivize

Hmmm...ok, I'll buy that as the verb form of "incentive."

Post above corrected.

[Kalari]

Anyways (there is no s)

Another one that gets me is when people say says when they really mean said as in:

"And then I says to him..." instead of "And then I said to him."

LOL you must hate that one Lily Tomlin character the phone lady or anyone from the 40s specially up in NY and omg any wise guy type characters.

"Yeah so I says to Vinny I says get that dough to me pronto Kapeech?"

Hehe so sorry I could not resist