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In some senses, amateurland is marked as informal, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
amateurland
noun 2
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4ADJ.
above, hard
AMATEURLAND + NOUN
hinterlands, participants
PREP.
in, out, with
ADV.
definitely, nowhere, politically, such
Definitions
noun
1
The world or sphere of amateurs.
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?
noun
1
Alternative letter-case form of amateurland.
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.
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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.
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Oughtn't the term "unknown" be reserved for genuinely unknown performers--people plucked out of nowhere/amateurland/hinterlands with no previous credits?
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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.
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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
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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 giv
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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
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