Worth it?

[dizmo]

16 hours ago, Vitalius said:

I mean... why would you? Intentionally using a more obtuse word that means the exact same thing?

I understand language evolves and new words get added to it all the time, but there are some things that just don't make sense to do. 

I could use "lol" in regular conversation and it would be understood but only because of its adoption rate. It'd be weird otherwise, and people still choose not to do it because it comes off as strange. 

I will probably never use irregardless in regular conversation unless for this very reason (to explain why I don't), and I will always find it strange when other people do use it. 

I mean people can do whatever they fancy. I'm just saying I have good reasons to find it strange to use that word. I'd even say it's technically a word, but I'd still find the need to correct you regardless.

Why would you even find the need to correct it? Just to be a douche? Thought so.

Also, it's not a "new" word. It's been around for hundreds of years. I couldn't care less if you use it or not.

 

[rphawks]

45 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Why would you even find the need to correct it? Just to be a douche? Thought so.

Also, it's not a "new" word. It's been around for hundreds of years. I couldn't care less if you use it or not.

 

Two things. Please don't argue in this chat. It's not what it's mean for. Second of all, it's really trivial. Third of all, right below that it says "informal, 20th century"... so... not hundreds of years.