nasal demon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From a 1992 post on the Usenet newsgroup comp.std.c; see http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/N/nasal-demons.html.
Meanings
- (humorous, plural, slang) Unexpected behavior of a compiled program as a result of source code that employs an undefined construct.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nasal demons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |