room temperature challenge

noun

A notional challenge where the goal is to die.

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Meanings

nounroom temperature challenge (plural room temperature challenges)

plural room temperature challenges

  1. humorousA notional challenge where the goal is to die.

    When I first found you here, I could've sworn you were doing the room temperature challenge. Then ... BOOM, just like that you started breathing. Scared the shit outta me.

    2024 March 31, Barbara Butterfield, Probable Cause, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC
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    Nevertheless, with the cancer fairly advanced, have to accept that there is a decent chance I'll be taking the Room Temperature Challenge rather sooner than I would have liked.

    2024 September 12, Simon Boas, A Beginner's Guide to Dying: 'Has anyone ever written a more inspirational paean to the joy of life?' Daily Mail, Swift Press, →ISBN

Origin

From the fact that one's body temperature reaches room temperature after death.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “room temperature challenge,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/room%20temperature%20challenge.

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