Antarctic 10

English

Etymology

An extension of the casual system of rating people's attractiveness on a ten-point scale.

Noun

Antarctic 10 (plural Antarctic 10s)

1. (Antarctica, slang) A person in Antarctica who is very desirable as a potential romantic or sexual partner, but only by the standards of Antarctica with its small population.
   • 2005, Roff Martin Smith, Life on the Ice: No One Goes to Antarctica Alone, page 69:

     […] an "Antarctic 10": beautiful enough here in MacTown to stampede the bar, but only a plane ride away from being ordinary.

   • 2012, Maria Semple, Where'd You Go, Bernadette:

     […] an Antarctic 10, a boat ride away from being a 5.

   • 2013, Gabrielle Walker, Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of a Mysterious Continent, page 16:

     Or how the few women there earned themselves ratings, in which an 'Antarctic 10' was someone who would rate a '5' elsewhere in the world.