@killingfloorman Boosting despite the fact that "swum" gives me the heebie jeebies, "swam" totally sounds better, and it's probably a dialect thing, and dialect things are valid in my world. But if you say irregardless or peruse within my hearing range, you will get a lecture about nonsensical words or words that have been misused so often, they now mean nothing.
I get irregardless, but what's wrong with peruse?
@bluesbaby It used to mean to sit down and read carefully, and so many people used it to mean to skim through casually that that became part of the definition. So, if your boss asks you to peruse something, you have to clarify or hope you can guess what they mean by context or their attitude. It's meaningless now.