2014-04-26 14:52:28 +00:00
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cough and die
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2014-04-26 15:54:15 +00:00
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v. Syn. barf. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design
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rather than because of a bug or oversight. The parser saw a control-A in its
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input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died. Compare
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die , die horribly , scream and die.
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