The Dictionary of Wimps

by Alan Grant, David McPhail, Jon Gadsby

Humorous definitions of commonly used words.

Arranged alphabetically.

134 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1989

About the author

Better known as A.K. Grant.

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Reviews

[Octavia Cade · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this up for a couple of bucks at a local flea market, hoping for a Barry Crump style of humour, but alas, not everyone can be a Crump. I got a few chuckles out of this dictionary-style book, in which the tongue is stuck firmly in cheek, but not near as many as I'd hoped for. There's a lot of repetition here (I don't like lentils either, but you don't see me banging on forever and a day about it) and much of that is to do with the title subject. You know how if you see a word over and over it begins to lose all meaning? By the time I'd finished with the 'A' entries alone, wimp was looking like an incomprehensible alien thing.

A small idea stretched beyond its capacity to amuse.