Pulled a Donny

When you take a sip of a drink and it goes down the wrong way, causing excessive coughing and the inability to speak. Often happens to Donna (referred to jokingly as “Donny” by her sons), usually when drinking water, which is who the term was coined after.

:: Takes a sip of water, goes down the windpipe, extreme coughing ensues ::

“Ah she pulled a Donny”