/in-tər-ˈkal/
[said by the authors to stand for Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym]
n. A computer language designed by Don Woods and James Lyon in 1972. INTERCAL is purposely different from all other computer languages in all ways but one; it is purely a written language, being totally unspeakable. An excerpt from the INTERCAL Reference Manual will make the style of the language clear: