Wordie Rant For the Year

Alright, I'm by no means a word-usage/grammer stickler (a "wordie") on the level of, say, a Lynne Truss, but please allow me just a minute's worth of pontification on the subject so to get a certain bee out of my bonnet.

There are a couple of pseudo words floating around which have made my pet peeve list:

• Please do not "conversate" with friends when you might simply "converse."
• Do not do something "irregardless" of a situation that would have you do otherwise. Do it "regardless" of the situation--and in the process, you'll cease to confuse your listeners with a double negative.
  

Let's away with attaching unnecessary affixes to perfectly good words that stand very well on their own merit.

I'm done now.