"no one complains much about irk"

June 30, 2014 One: Arguing Semantics If all this befuddles you, and you would like to say that something aggravates you without running the risk of having your audience confused as to whether you intended it to mean “makes you worse,” “inflames your disease,” “accuses you,” “weighs you down,” “increases your offensiveness,” or any one of the other possibilities that the word offers, then I suggest you just go with irk—no one complains much about irk. All Excerpts From Shea, Ammon. “Bad English.” Penguin Group, USA, 2014-06-03. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.