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room temperature challenge

room temperature challenge noun: a notional challenge where the goal is to die.

Noun

room temperature challenge (plural room temperature challenges)

  1. (humorous) A 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
    • 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

Forms of room temperature challenge

pluralroom temperature challenges

Origin of room temperature challenge

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

Questions about room temperature challenge

What does room temperature challenge mean?
Room temperature challenge means a notional challenge where the goal is to die.
What part of speech is room temperature challenge?
Room temperature challenge is a noun.
What is the plural of room temperature challenge?
The plural of room temperature challenge is room temperature challenges.

Words near room temperature challenge in the dictionary

  1. room set
  2. room sets
  3. room spray
  4. room temp
  5. room temperature
  6. room temperature challenge
  7. room temperature challenges
  8. room temperature I.Q.
  9. room temperature I.Q.s
  10. room temperature IQ
  11. room temperature IQs

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