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room temperature challenge

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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room temperature challenge (plural room temperature challenges)

  1. (humorous) A notional challenge where the goal is to die.
    • 2024 March 31, Barbara Butterfield, Probable Cause[1], Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC:
      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 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[2], Swift Press, →ISBN:
      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.

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