What you sandwich declarations of disbelief (in a another person's statement) between on the internet when you don't realize that *cough* is not even a close approximation of actually coughing. See, when the words are spoken, you may actually be able to mask the words by feigning a cough or sneeze. Typing the word "cough" only makes you look about as stupid as the people who think they need to type sarcasm in parentheses at the end of every witty, sarcastic thing they say.
Some Guy: I got a 5000 on my SATs.
Another Guy: *cough* Bullshit! *cough*
Some Guy: I was obviously joking, asshole. And this is the internet. typing stars around the word "cough" really doesn't begin to accurately simulate coughing.
by Kyle Van Sneeg March 22, 2008
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This is usually used when you or someone that is with you enters a discussion which involves bands that have sold out or are now shit and someone "discretely" names Metallica with this 'so awesome no-one-will-ever-find-out-what-I-just-said' term. And you NEVER use it just for another way to (maybe discretely) say Metallica because this term is in a way an insult to this previously-good-but-now-shithouse band. Also in some places you could be beaten and raped by people within a 15-metre radius in some places for doing this, but since it's not allowed it's better to get beaten and raped by people within 15 metres than raped by people within your city/town limits.
Person 1: Hey did you go see In Flames back in 2002?
Person 2: Yeah but I was expecting them to play some stuff off Clayman but they started playing some teasers for Reroute to Remain which I hated.
Person 1: God that sucks.
Person 2: Yeah I know. They're fags.
Person 1: Sell outs need to be killed.
Person 2: *cough* Metallica *cough*

Metallica newbie goes up to another person
Metallica newbie: Hey, do you know who made that Kill Em All album
Overall newbie: *cough* Metallica *cough*
Metallica newb: I'm not stupid you know
Newb: Oh shit
*Metallica newb rapes the newb*
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Expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound
Oh, I have a 'COUGH'
by Vriejulie March 2, 2020
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it is when an old person coughs to sleep
my grandpa did this and went cough cough zzz and to this day hes still sleeping
by mr georgy the handgun October 10, 2023
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