Monday, September 26, 2011

Peer Review Terminology

Many companies now include peer feedback as part of the annual review process. Each employee nominates several of their colleagues to write a review of their work from the previous year. If you are new to this process, here is some terminology which may be useful.

peerrihelion
[peer-ree-heel-yun] (noun)
The point at which 50% of requested peer reviews are complete.
peersuasion
[peer-swey-zhuhn] (noun)
A particularly glowing peer review.
peerjury
[peer-juh-ree] (noun)
An astonishingly glowing peer review.
peerplexed
[peer-plekst] (adjective)
What exactly did they work on, anyway?
peerrational
[peer-rash-uh-nl] (adjective)
Why am I reviewing this person?
peergatory
[peer-guh-tohr-ee] (noun)
The set of peer reviews which may have to be declined due to lack of time.
peerfectionist
[peer-fek-shuh-nist] (noun)
I spent a long time obsessing over wording.
peeriodic
[peer-ee-od-ik] (adjective)
Maybe I'll just copy some of what I wrote last year.
peerritation
[peer-ree-tay-shun] (noun)
Unreasonable hostility felt toward the subject of the last peer review left to be written.
peersecute
[peer-seh-kyoot] (verb)
How nice, everyone asked for my review.
peersona non grata
[peer-soh-nah nohn grah-tah] (noun)
Nobody asked for my review?
peeregular
[peer-reg-gyu-ler] (adjective)
An incomplete peer review, submitted anyway, just before the deadline.