Also "going to code", "gone to code". Flatlining or some other kind of medical emergency where the person is dying or near death. Comes from hospital codes for cardiopulmonary arrest, e.g. Code Blue, Code Red.
"Well he's on the table and he's gone to code."
"He just went to the hospital. Got a call that his terminally ill girlfriend's going code."
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The fear of being chased around a kitchen table by a wolf, while wearing socks.
I have terrible slipaloupaphobia!
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