Peer review glossary

‘Misleading’ — not exactly as I would have written it

‘Somewhat confusing’ — using terminology from adjacent sub-subfield

‘Confusing’ — completely illegible

‘Poorly structured’ — not exactly as I would have written it

‘Conversational’ — in need of adjectives

‘Descriptive’ — using technology that isn’t fashionable anymore

‘Potentially’ — definitely

‘by a native English speaker’ — by the Microsoft Word spell checker

‘due to insufficient enthusiasm’ — because it’s trite

‘gratefully’ — begrudgingly

‘adequate’ — perfunctory

‘constructive’ — fairly polite