groundlubber
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of ground + landlubber.
Noun[edit]
groundlubber (plural groundlubbers)
- (science fiction, derogatory) Someone who does not regularly travel to space.
- Synonym: groundhog
- 2007, China Miéville, Un Lun Dun, London: Macmillan Children's Books, →ISBN, page 86:
- So might I ask just what exactly groundlubbers like you are doing in the Roofdom?
References[edit]
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “groundlubber, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.