<p>Are they dirty? How would you have had to play in high school to be able to make the club team? How good are the players on the club team?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/381636-club-tennis-usc.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/381636-club-tennis-usc.html</a></p>
<p>get on varsity instead imo</p>
<p>Are they dirty? What does that mean?</p>
<p>Why don’t you go on the site and read about the team. There are different levels from beginners to former nationally ranked juniors.</p>
<p>hahahaah i was thinking the same thing…what do u mean by are they dirty?</p>
<p>Wow its just slang. I mean are they really good and is it hard to make the try outs?</p>
<p>“dirty” is slang for “cheaters”, not “hard to get in”.</p>
<p>Considering our Men’s Varsity tennis team just won their third national championship in a row, I’d say that our club tennis team is probably made up of a lot of people who didn’t manage to get into varsity, and is therefore pretty good.</p>
<p>I agree with Hawkwings. Since our Varsity team is so competitive, I would expect the Club team to be very competitive too; excellent players who can’t make the Varsity team simply because the team is so great probably end up playing at the Club level.</p>
<p>how have you never heard “dirty” meaning really good at something? That kid’s dirty at basketball. USC is dirty in football. no of course it doesn’t mean “hard to get in”.</p>
<p>Thanks tho.</p>
<p>I have never heard that before. Where are you from?</p>
<p>Interesting…though please don’t say “USC football is dirty” as a compliment once you get on campus. :P</p>
<p>I’m from Connecticut. Where are you from?</p>
<p>Seriously im not making this up. this is probably the only way i could prove this to you
[Urban</a> Dictionary: dirty](<a href=“Urban Dictionary: dirty]Urban”>Urban Dictionary: dirty)
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<p>never heard of it either and i’ve grown up in washington, obviously went to college in california, and am currently in florida.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard the term “dirty” used in that context either. But Club Tennis (the traveling team) is very challenging to get on. Although the team pulled out of nationals this year they have been a national powerhouse every other year. All the kids on the traveling team were nationally ranked juniors and many could have (or did as rules allow one or more former varsity players on the team) played varsity at other universities. They choose to go to SC and play for fun.</p>
<p>This year’s nationals will be in Cary, North Carolina.</p>
<p>I’m from the SF Bay Area. I’ve heard “dirty” used in that context before, but only rarely. At USC, it’d probably get you funny looks.</p>
<p>are you guys really old or something? I mean, “dirty” is as common as “bombed” as in he bombed those try outs.</p>
<p>I guess I probably won’t be able to make the club traveling team. So everyone can make it on the club (non traveling) team, but is there good competition there too? Do you just play with other USC club players?</p>
<p>Everyone knows that language varies greatly depending on your location; since you’re from Connecticut, you’re going to use words differently than people from California. Thus there was no need to sound so incredulous (“Wow it’s just slang”, “How have you never heard”, “Are you guys really old”, etc.) when posters were confused by your slang.</p>
<p>By the way, 1) Your use of the word “bombed” is much more common than your use of “dirty,” and 2) I am not old, as you can tell from the location under my username.</p>
<p>Try out for the team. If you don’t try…you’ll never know if you could have made it.</p>
<p>I’ve heard “dirty” used (as a compliment) to describe specific plays – e.g., “That dunk was dirty!” </p>
<p>But I’ve never heard it used to describe an entire team or program, at least not in a positive light.</p>