English

Noun

room temperature IQ ‎(plural room temperature IQs)

1. Alternative form of room-temperature IQ
   • 1987, John Leland, "Spins", Spin, July 1987:

     Lurking at the bottom, driving the whole godforsaken thing, is the possibility that the room temperature IQ that informs every groove of Neurotica may very well be the real thing.

   • 1993, W. E. B. Griffin, The Assassin, Jove Books (1993), ISBN 9780515111132, unnumbered page:

     “There used to be a Sergeant Henkels in Central Cell Room,” Pekach volunteered. “If it's the same guy, he has a room temperature IQ.”

   • 2001, Robert Lichello, How to Make $1,000,000 in the Stock Market Automatically, Signet (2001), ISBN 9781101157633, unnumbered page:

     Anyone with a room temperature IQ and a computer could buy and sell stocks in a frenzy of greed, buy a stock and sell it a few minutes later, buy it again and sell it again as the stock gained a point or lost a point.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:room temperature IQ.