scream and die

from 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.
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
scream and die

   Synonym {cough and die}, but connotes that an error message
   was printed or displayed before the program crashed.

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