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# assumed room temperature

phrase (idiom; dark slang)

«assumed room temperature» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

(slang, dark joke) died: a dead body cools to the temperature of the room.

### In the lessons

Dark humour, mostly US, also in police and doctors' banter; jokey; not polite.

### Examples

- In the crime novel, the victim had assumed room temperature.
- Banter: «If you don't eat, you'll assume room temperature.»
- Joke: «My goldfish has assumed room temperature.»
- Detective: «He's been at room temperature for hours.»
- Not something to say at a funeral.
- Gossip: «The fridge has assumed room temperature — it's broken again.»

### Note

Stands for «died». Cold, jokey, black humour; insensitive with grieving people. In science, room temperature is about 20 °C.