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It was thus said that the Great Lorenzo Donati once stated:
> 
> Some funny expressions off the top of my head:
> 
> bug [1]
> shell (as command line interpreter/window)
> duck typing
> monkey patching
> yoda conditions (if you don't know Star Wars saga you're lost!)
> easter egg
> eat your own dog food
> to grok (an idea/concept)
> spaghetti code
> heisenbug
> rubber ducking
> to boot (a system)

  I've also heard of

ravioli code
16" rotary debugger [2]
carboard programmer
mung (or munge)

  -spc

> [1] It's so widespread now that probably it doesn't sound funny anymore! 
> But it seems it's origin may be this:
> http://boussejra.com/2016/11/18/military-terms-in-computer-science.html

[2]	In offical documentation no less!