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300 Club

(Antarctica, slang) The set of people who, while visiting Antarctica, have gone through a temperature change of 300°F (149°C) while naked, from a sauna to the icy landscape outside, as part of an info

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(Antarctica, slang) The set of people who, while visiting Antarctica, have gone through a temperature change of 300°F (149°C) while naked, from a sauna to the icy landscape outside, as part of an informal tradition.

A few years ago Tony and I were talking about the South Pole 300 Club (members take a 200-degree sauna followed by a sprint around the south pole monument when the temp reaches -100). We wondered, quite longingly, if we would ever have t…
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300 Club refers to bowling a perfect game (300 points), an exclusive achievement. Standard sports vocabulary. Not concerning. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.

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300 Club is bowling vocabulary referring to bowlers who have rolled a perfect game (300 points, all strikes). Use in bowling and sports writing. Formal equivalent: "perfect-game bowlers." Common non-native mistake: confusing with other "300 clubs" (Air Force aviators, military thresholds). In bowling contexts the meaning is unambiguous. Read or listen to the word in context several times before trying it yourself; the right register is harder to learn than the dictionary meaning.

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  • “[Jump to content](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_Club#bodyContent) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia People who endured a temperature change of 300 °F (167 °C) For other uses, see [300 Club (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_Club_(disambiguation) "300 Club (disambiguation)").”

  • “08. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300-win_club#cite_ref-9 "Jump up")**Singer, Tom (June 5, 2009). ["Johnson could close out the 300 club"](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090602&content_id=5104542&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf). _MLB.com_.”

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300 Club refers to bowling a perfect game (300 points), an exclusive achievement. Standard sports vocabulary. Not concerning. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.

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Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.

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