The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
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.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
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.
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-06)