scream and die

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scream and die - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  scream and die
  
     Synonym cough and die, but connotes that an error message
     was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

scream and die - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  scream and die
   v.
  
     Syn. cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed
     or displayed before the program crashed.