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Dimwit's Dictionary
"The Dimwit's Dictionary": Chosen by "PC Magazine Extra" as one of "The Top 10 Internet Downloads" for December 1999: "Anyone can start feeling a bit stupid after writing all those holiday cards. Let this tool help you be clever." -- Angela Gunn. 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. 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 is a compilation of thousands of dimwitticisms (cliches, colloquialisms, idioms, and the like) that people speak and write excessively. Many of the entries in this book are followed by synonyms that may be used in place of the worn-out word or phrase, and by sentence examples taken from a miscellany of publications; others are followed by commentary; and still others by both. But even the mere inclusion of an entry -- that is, one unaccompanied by synonyms or commentary -- damns it as a dimwitticism. The Dimwit's Dictionary will aid us in our quest for more purposeful speech and writing. The goal is to promote understanding and rouse people to action. The goal is to express ourselves as never before -- in writing that demands to be read aloud, Our Review: Dimwit's Dictionary - worthy adversary to moronocisms and stalwart defender of the rights of non-soundbites or pretentious collection of linguistic pet-hates promising a heightened language ability to those who adhere to its teachings? A pinch of each, perhaps. As you read through the collections of 'infantile phrases' and 'torpid terms' you may well find yourself appreciating the sense of liberation that could derive from the cessation of their use - at the very least, you may find yourself finally putting a stop to your own use of those most tragic of phrases inherited from generations past. The demo version gives you access to the basic framework of the program and categories A, X, Y & Z. The registered version could provide you with a powerful tool in the presentation of your work, be it short and concise or a wordy tome.
Licence: Demo Version: 1.0 OS: Date: 1999/11/11 Developer: E-dition Size: 1.27 MB		Free download
Yippee Ratings Breakdown (5 is best): Installation: 4 Interface: 3 Functionality: 3 Documentation: 1