the first of each dictionary included is neutral. The second for the intransitive verb form in the first dictionary listed is less so but not even close to the level of "pissing people off", most of the other dictionaries' entries are totally neutral. If you want to emphasize the hostility of a given interaction, why use a word that can easily be taken as a neutral when there are words that are clearly negative? That was my point, as poorly stated and misstated as it was.
Yeah, yeah, live by the nitpick, die by the nitpick. That'll larn me. But I do expect to be given tremendous leeway because I'm wicked cute :-p
For what it's worth, I would not care to rely on my own experience with others for word usage. Based on what I hear "irregardless" is a perfectly good word. |
