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Suzie COBOL


Suzie COBOL: /soo'zee koh'bol/ 1. [IBM: prob. from Frank
   Zappa's `Suzy Creamcheese'] n. 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.