Startups and their dictionary word names

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Did Moritz use “irregardless” ironically?

It's a real word, although rather rare

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/irregard...

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless

> Yes. It may not be a word that you like, or a word that you would use in a term paper, but irregardless certainly is a word. It has been in use for well over 200 years, employed by a large number of people across a wide geographic range and with a consistent meaning. That is why we, and well-nigh every other dictionary of modern English, define this word. Remember that a definition is not an endorsement of a word’s use.

The author may be clever using a rare-ish word like that in their conclusion about searchability, like using "atleast" in a sentence about combining two words: "It doesn't seem all that difficult to atleast combine two words to form a unique and representative identity, such as Flatfile."

Or am I reading too much into it?

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