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A person so unseaworthy that the ocean files a restraining order.

means A sailor's mocking term for someone clumsy at sea or unfamiliar with ships and seafaring.

from From the 16th-century lubber, meaning a clumsy oaf, welded to landthe dry-footed opposite of a salty sailor.

Lubber rootsLubber meant a lazy, awkward lout for centuries.
Not a rookieCrews used it for landfolk, not new sailors.
Lubber's holeA timid shortcut in rigging, scorned by real climbers.
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