room temperature challenge

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

See also

• floor temperature challenge