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reviewerese

reviewerese noun: the form of language used by a reviewer (of books, restaurants etc).

Noun

reviewerese (uncountable)

  1. The form of language used by a reviewer (of books, restaurants etc)
    • If that wasn't bad enough for the harmless browser, there's that "reviewerese" to negotiate:2009 September 6, Robert McCrum, “It's delightful and lacerating – lies from a publisher's argot”, in Guardian

Origin of reviewerese

From reviewer + -ese.

Questions about reviewerese

What does reviewerese mean?
Reviewerese means the form of language used by a reviewer (of books, restaurants etc).
What part of speech is reviewerese?
Reviewerese is a noun.

Words near reviewerese in the dictionary

  1. reviewals
  2. reviewed
  3. reviewee
  4. reviewees
  5. reviewer
  6. reviewerese
  7. revieweress
  8. revieweresses
  9. reviewers
  10. reviewest
  11. revieweth

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