shadowland

English

Etymology

From shadow +‎ land.

Noun

shadowland (plural shadowlands)

1. A shadowy or borderline area, where normal rules and boundaries do not apply.
   • 2009 January 4, Ben Ratliff, “One Young Band Among Some Older Sounds”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     You can find a fair number of stage bootlegs if you know your way around the shadowlands of file sharing, but not nearly enough of it is available via normal commercial channels.

Synonyms

• twilight zone