COBOL fingers
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COBOL fingers
(jargon)/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.