thoughts-lists-academia phrases

words and phrases that crop up alot in academia and which are either overused or which often have diabolical connotations

--- diabolical

progress

it is not clear that ____ (means "i disagree with ____ and you have insufficient evidence")

we're finding that ____ (means "I always thought ____ and now I think I have more evidence for it, and if I state it as if it is the consensus there is a chance it will be a self-fulfilling prophesy")


	overused

"would seem to suggest" ( = "says that")

domain ( = "area") (other synonyms, almost as bad: "arena", "region") (etymological guess: trying to sound like math?)

isomorphism ( = "analogy") (etymological guess: trying to sound like math?)

"low-hanging fruit" ( = "the easy stuff")