Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for April 23, 2010
Transcript:
Adam: You're the thugs the term-paper guy sent? Man 1: Thugs? Dear me, no. We're here to expound on the benefits of a position with our company. Adam: Can't you see the irony of english lit graduates writing other people's papers? Man 2: Yes. But the poor market for our degrees has made irony irrelevant. Adam: Irony's irrelevant? Ryan Seacrest's agent must have missed that podcast. Man 2: What's a podcast? Man 1: What's a Seacrest?
“irrelevant” isn’t a no-no, as far as I’m aware. Are you thinking of “irregardless”? That’s the one that grates the teeth of grammarians.