land lover

• land-lover, landlover

land lover (plural land lovers)

1. Eggcorn of landlubber.
   • 1989 December 10, Stanley Carr, “Winter in the Sun: Caribbean Choices, Grand and Budget”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015:

     For land lovers, the Pirates World and Treasure Museum features exhibits on the islands’ history and their pirates past.

   • 2006 April 23, Lauren Vane, “Pirates sing in boating season”, in Daily Pilot‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 July 2025:

     A crowd of Boy Scouts, other children and their parents roamed around the sea base grounds Saturday, checking out everything the waterfront facility has to offer, on and off the water. The land lovers took part in team building games on the grass and spun a wheel for prizes.

   • 2014 July 21, Heidi Parker, “What will Justin Bieber think? Selena Gomez looks stunning in white bathing suit as she splashes around with Cara Delevingne on yacht in Saint-Tropez”, in Daily Mail‎^[3], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 July 2014:

     Making sure there are no sharks in the water?: The land lover spent a lot of time kicking water around.

   • 2016 March 12, David Connett, “Norfolk Broads 'gentrification' row becoming increasingly bitter and divisive”, in The Independent‎^[4], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 July 2016:

     They are billed as an ideal place for “messing around in boats”, but the Norfolk Broads have become the focus of an increasingly bitter and divisive battle between boat dwellers and land lovers.

   • 2021 May 14, Brendan Marks, CJ Moore, quoting Marc Blucas, “The never-before-told tales of Tim Duncan’s Wake Forest career, from ‘footnote’ to Hall of Fame”, in The Athletic‎^[5], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 December 2024:

     I end up stepping on a sea urchin, and it’s stinging like hell. He’s like, “Hey, you know, you’re supposed to piss on your foot.” I’m like, “Haha, funny island boy. You’re not gonna trick the land lover into peeing on my own foot.”

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see land,‎ lover.
   • 2025 March 20, Vishwam Sankaran, “Giant deep-sea spider spotted crawling on ocean floor near Antarctica”, in The Independent‎^[6], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 March 2025:

     “Immense pressure and frigid temperatures, while insurmountable obstacles to land lovers like humans, allow some animals to have very slow metabolisms and the ability to reach gargantuan proportions,” the Schmidt Ocean Institute explained in a post on Facebook.