Meaning of amateurland | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The world or sphere of amateurs.
   informal, rare, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of amateurland.
   alt-of, uncountable

Examples

“This type⟳ of music is not my groove, but I’m familiar enough with jazz to recognize its styles and various interpretations, and these guys have⟳ talent. They’re definitely above amateurland.”

“Oughtn't the term "unknown" be reserved for genuinely unknown performers--people plucked out of nowhere/amateurland/hinterlands with no previous credits?”

“We don't need⟳ to designate bands by wavelength, but almost everyone calls it two metres or 'two' never 144 Megs or '144'. Old habits die⟳ very hard in amateurland.”

“RAMBLINGS and QUOTES and such ... […] - "Ottawa is amateurland!" "Nice to meet⟳ you." "You kids want⟳ to go to dinner later tonight?"”

“Presuming that this is, more or less, what you were saying, -- this is, unquestionably, a complete⟳ and total piece of amateurland, jerk-off dribble.”

“There is absolutely no comparison between the two. Ditto for screenplays written by professional writers compared to screenplays written by amateurs. Certainly, the majority of them are nothing to write⟳ home about. Most of them are junk. But having come⟳ out of the world of amateurland -- it's a whole other planet.”

“Professionals don't have⟳ more respect⟳ for industry standards, believe⟳ me. But what's the problem, really? It requires so little to code by the standards, certainly no more than breaking them, and the result⟳ is many times more useful. On one hand there's no way of enforcing adherence to established standards, and certainly not in Amateurland.”

“Michael Powell is rather busy these days, what with all the brouhaha surrounding ClearChannel and the media consolidation. If we think⟳ that he, or anyone all that high on the food chain at the FCC gives a rat's patootie about what's going on in Amateurland, we're fooling ourselves.”

“But posting in the political groups takes skill and knowledge, something conspicuously absent in the political discussions here. Politically, this is Amateurland; such participants here would be eaten alive in adult discussion groups. This is a much more comfortable sandbox.”

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