room-temperature IQ

See also: room temperature I.Q. and room temperature IQ

English

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Etymology

A room-temperature IQ would be around 20 (Celsius) or 68 (Fahrenheit), both well below the average IQ of 100.

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Noun

room-temperature IQ (plural room-temperature IQs)

  1. (slang, derogatory) A below average IQ.
    Synonym: IQ of room temperature
  2. (slang, derogatory, figuratively, by extension) A dull or unintelligent mind.
    • 1990 June, Jim Bashline, “An Honorable Profession”, in Field & Stream:
      It's the proverbial two-way street; treat a guide like he has more than a room-temperature IQ, and he'll do likewise.
    • 2000, Maggie Price, On Dangerous Ground‎[1], Silhouette Books, →ISBN:
      “The guy's got a room-temperature IQ. He dropped out of grade school. To him, DNA is probably just three letters.”
    • 2011, Gregg Loomis, The Coptic Secret, Dorchester Publishing, →ISBN, page 51:
      “Sara? I need you to call Home Depot, see if you can get someone on the phone with at least a room-temperature IQ . . .”
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:room-temperature IQ.

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