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coughing a cell 

Getting something done. Forcing the brain to engage in actual bodily motivation which results in completing some task.

(AKA Cough up a brain cell)
Dude, start coughing a cell man! you were suspposed to have had that done a week ago.

You've gotten way too lazy, once in awhile it'd be nice if you coughed a cell or two to clean up this mess.
coughing a cell by Brf June 19, 2006
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Coughing Fit

A large sequence of consecutive coughs usually in a short period of time.
The woman had a coughing fit while in her car.
Coughing Fit by Rjsrjsrjsrjs January 5, 2018
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coughing effect

This occurs in classrooms or other large public settings. Usually one person begins to cough, and other people who needed to cough, but were afraid to do so, join in, causing multiple coughing sounds at the same time.
Person 1: Ugh why does everyone have to cough at once, it's so annoying.

Person 2: It's the coughing effect, duh.
coughing effect by hoyaplaya September 30, 2009
Couning - it's similar to counting but the outcome is not the same as counting. For example, counting to 10 would yield, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.

Couning to 10 would look like 1,2,12
Person 1: Hey, what's up with these reports? These numbers don't add up.
Person 2: Clearly the designers were COUNING again.
couning by abe-k December 16, 2019

coughing gas

The act of farting so much, that smells like shit, makes one start to cough
Bobby has farting gas so bad, he immediately starts to cough, after passing some coughing gas.
coughing gas by Bonby sugar spits November 17, 2017

coughing up chandeliers 

to speak in an overly elaborate and ornamental manner, drawing more attention to your knowledge of language than to what is trying to be conveyed.
Jane would be a better journalist if she wasn't so busy coughing up chandeliers.

Coughing out of Both Ends 

When you accidentally cough and fart at the same time.
I was coughing a lot last week, and I accidentally farted at one point. My mother was in the room, so I told her I was "coughing out of both ends" to hide the shame.