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COBOL fingers
/kohbol finggrz/ , n. 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.