amateurland

• Amateurland

From amateur +‎ -land.

amateurland (uncountable)

1. (informal, rare) The world or sphere of amateurs.
   • 1990, Option, Los Angeles, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 142:

     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.

   • 1990 December 12, Jon Conrad, “MISERY”, in alt.horror‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:

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

   • 2003 January 7, J., “2m Bandplan”, in uk.radio.amateur‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:

     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.

   • 2003 March 19, BallODisco, “Bumpers #204 - Tuesday 3.18.03 - Show #GH16”, in alt.fan.letterman‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:

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

   • 2004 April 15, nmstevens, “Here's How To Get Lot's^[sic] of Stars Attached To Your Project!”, in rec.arts.movies.production‎^[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:

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

   • 2004 June 1, nmstevens, “Newbie question... Marketing your script?”, in misc.writing.screenplays‎^[5] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:

     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.