Carry on regardfully

OK, I've tried to avoid doing this for as long as possible, but I can no longer refrain. I suspect this will be the first of many entries documenting blatant abuses of the English language in the mainstream media. So let me start here....

First of all, irregardless is not a word. The term is a literal absurdity. It's illogical. Note that illogical is the antonym of logical (the antonym of antonym is synonym). Irregardless, in its common, erroneous usage, is taken to mean the same as regardless, making it a) a redundant term, and b) doubly ridiculous, since irregardless should mean the opposite of regardless. The opposite of regardless is regardful. If you're really set on using an ir- word, you can use irrespective, which is a synonym for regardless.