The Dimwit's Dictionary

Author: Robert Hartwell Fiske
Edition: 3rd
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1933338989

The Dimwit's Dictionary, 3rd Edition

Whereas a witticism is a clever remark or phrase -- indeed, the height of expression -- a "dimwitticism" is the converse; it is a commonplace remark or phrase. Download The Dimwit's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Dimwitticisms are worn-out words and phrases; they are expressions that dull our reason and dim our insight, formulas that we rely on when we are too lazy to express what we think or even to discover how we feel. The more we use them, the more we conform -- in thought and feeling -- to everyone else who uses them.

The Dimwit's Dictionary, Third Edition,Ais a compilation of thousands of dimwitticisms (clichAs, colloquialisms, idioms, slang, and the like) that people speak and write unendingly.
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The Dimwit's Dictionary education books for free. Dimwitticisms are worn-out words and phrases; they are expressions that dull our reason and dim our insight, formulas that we rely on when we are too lazy to express what we think or even to discover how we feel. The more we use them, the more we conform -- in thought and feeling -- to everyone else who uses them.

The Dimwit's Dictionary, Third Edition,Ais a compilation of thousands of dimwitticisms (clichAs, colloquialisms, idioms, slang, and the like) that people speak and write unendingly.
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"Mr imwitticisms are worn-out words and phrases; they are expressions that dull our reason and dim our insight, formulas that we rely on when we are too lazy to express what we think or even to discover how we feel. The more we use them, the more we conform -- in thought and feeling -- to everyone else who uses them.

The Dimwit's Dictionary, Third Edition,Ais a compilation of thousands of dimwitticisms (clichAs, colloquialisms, idioms, slang, and the like) that people speak and write unendingly.
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"Mr. Fiske is, in short, a fanatic, an extremist who app

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