diff --git a/desugar.js b/desugar.js
index eb5f998..9da5d4e 100644
--- a/desugar.js
+++ b/desugar.js
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ function desugarLet(stx) {
   return new typ.LetExp(values, desugar(stx.body));
 }
 
-function sugarTypeApp(stx) {
+function sugarTypeDecl(stx) {
   var type;
   var expression;
   type = stx.p;
   expression = desugar(stx.func.p);
   expression.linenum = stx.linenum;
   expression.charnum = stx.charnum;
-  return new typ.TypeApp(expression, type);
+  return new typ.TypeDecl(expression, type);
 }
 
 function desugarDefType(stx) {
@@ -86,19 +86,19 @@ function desugar(stx) {
     case "Application":
       if ((stx.func.func !== undefined ) &&
           (stx.func.func.ident === "::")) {
-            /* It's a type application probably (will be verified later)
-             * In this case we actually *add* syntax here to differentiate type applications
-             * from normal applications
+            /* It's a type declaration probably (will be verified later)
+             * In this case we actually *add* syntax here to differentiate type declarations
+             * from normal function application
              */
             typeExpTest = typ.isTypeExpr(stx.p);
 
             if (typeExpTest.failed !== undefined &&
                 typeExpTest.failed) {
               throw errors.JInternalError(
-                "Type application error near line " + stx.linenum + " at character #"+stx.charnum +
+                "Type declaration error near line " + stx.linenum + " at character #"+stx.charnum +
                 "\n"+typeExpTest.stx.exprType+" (" + typeExpTest.stx.val + ") found where a type operator or type application was expected");
             }
-            return sugarTypeApp(stx);
+            return sugarTypeDecl(stx);
           }
 
       if ((stx.func.ident === "-" ||
diff --git a/parse.js b/parse.js
index 780f9d7..d56d73d 100755
--- a/parse.js
+++ b/parse.js
@@ -801,8 +801,7 @@ function parseFull(tokenized) {
   var ast = [];
   try {
     while (tokenized.length > 0) {
-      var parsed = desugarer.desugar(parse(tokenized));
-      ast.push(parsed);
+      ast.push(desugarer.desugar(parse(tokenized)));
     }
     return ast;
   } catch (e) {
diff --git a/pprint.js b/pprint.js
index 6986b0c..addfd76 100644
--- a/pprint.js
+++ b/pprint.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function pprint(expr) {
   else if (expr.exprType === "TypeVar") {
     return "("+expr.name+")";
   }
-  else if (expr.exprType === "TypeApplication") {
+  else if (expr.exprType === "TypeDeclaration") {
     return "( " + pprint(expr.expression) + " :: " + pprint(expr.type) + " )";
   }
 }
diff --git a/representation.js b/representation.js
index 9db580d..be07c08 100644
--- a/representation.js
+++ b/representation.js
@@ -37,17 +37,17 @@ function isIrregularTypeOp(x) {
   return (x === "->");
 }
 
-function flattenTypeApp(stx) {
+function flattenTypeDecl(stx) {
   if (isTypeExpr(stx)) {
     return true;
   }
   if (stx.exprType === "Application") {
     /* it might be a type application so recursively check it */
     if (stx.p !== undefined) {
-      return  _.flatten([flattenTypeApp(stx.p), flattenTypeApp(stx.func)]);
+      return  _.flatten([flattenTypeDecl(stx.p), flattenTypeDecl(stx.func)]);
     }
     else {
-      return _.flatten([flattenTypeApp(stx.func)]);
+      return _.flatten([flattenTypeDecl(stx.func)]);
     }
   }
   if (stx.exprType === "Name") {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function flattenTypeApp(stx) {
 
 
 function isTypeExprRec(stx) {
-  var flattened = flattenTypeApp(stx);
+  var flattened = flattenTypeDecl(stx);
   for(var i = 0; i < flattened.length; i++) {
     if (flattened[i].failed !== undefined &&
         flattened[i].failed) {
@@ -266,30 +266,30 @@ function isTypeExpr(expr) {
   }
   return ((expr.exprType === "TypeOperator") ||
           (expr.exprType === "TypeVar") ||
-          (expr.exprType === "TypeApplication"));
+          (expr.exprType === "TypeDeclaration"));
 }
 
-function TypeApp(expression, type) {
+function TypeDecl(expression, type) {
   if (isTypeExprRec(expression) &&
       expression.exprType !== "Name") {
     throw errors.JSyntaxError(
       expression.linenum,
       expression.charnum,
-      "Left-hand-side of type application must not be in the type language"
+      "Left-hand-side of type declaration must not be in the type language"
       );
   }
   if (!isTypeExprRec(type)) {
     throw errors.JInternalError(
-      "Right-hand-side of type application must be a type expression"
+      "Right-hand-side of type declaration must be a type expression"
       );
   }
   this.expression = expression;
   this.type = type;
-  this.exprType = "TypeApplication";
+  this.exprType = "TypeDeclaration";
   return this;
 }
 
-TypeApp.prototype = TypeExpression;
+TypeDecl.prototype = TypeExpression;
 
 function DefType(lhs, rhs) {
   /* Both rhs and lhs are expected
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ module.exports =
      gensym : gensym,
      TypeVar : TypeVar,
      TypeOp : TypeOp,
-     TypeApp: TypeApp,
+     TypeDecl : TypeDecl,
      Closure : Closure,
      isTypeExpr : isTypeExprRec,
      DefType : DefType,