/koh' bol fing' grz/ Reported from Sweden, a (hypothetical) disease one might GEt from coding in COBOL. The languaGE requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar) thus it is alleGEd that programming too much in COBOL causes one' s finGErs to wear down to stubs by the endless typing. [Jargon File] (1994-12-22)