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reviewerese en · NOUN

Etymology

From reviewer + -ese.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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: