Suzie COBOL

/soo'zee koh'bol/ 1. (IBM, probably from Frank Zappa's "Suzy

Creamcheese") A coder straight out of training school who

knows everything except the value of comments in plain

English. Also (fashionable among personkind wishing to avoid

accusations of sexism) "Sammy Cobol" or (in some non-IBM

circles) "Cobol Charlie".

2. (proposed) Meta-name for any code grinder, analogous to

J. Random Hacker.

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(1995-02-06)