nasal demon
English edit
Etymology edit
From a 1992 post on the Usenet newsgroup comp.std.c; see [1].
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
nasal demon (plural nasal demons)
- (programming, slang, humorous, mostly plural) Unexpected behavior of a compiled program as a result of source code that employs an undefined construct.
References edit
- Usenet newsgroups: [2]