/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)

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