Dimwit's Dictionary - Version 1.0 When you read the Dimwit's Dictionary, you wonder if you learned English or a foreign language. It features an exhaustive list of words and phrases that are "dimwitticisms" and must be eradicated from our speech and our writing. It's a companion to the Dictionary of Concise Writing. With these two books and through untiring work we may evolve from the everyday English to the elegant English.