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zorch: /zorch/ 1. [TMRC] v. To attack with an
inverse heat sink. 2. [TMRC] v. To travel, with
v approaching
c [that is, with velocity approaching
lightspeed —ESR]. 3. [MIT] v. To propel something
very quickly. “The new comm software is very fast; it really zorches
files through the network.” 4. [MIT] n. Influence. Brownie
points. Good karma. The intangible and fuzzy currency in which favors are
measured. “I'd rather not ask him for that just yet; I think I've
used up my quota of zorch with him for the week.” 5. [MIT] n. Energy, drive, or
ability. “I think I'll punt that change for
now; I've been up for 30 hours and I've run out of zorch.” 6. [MIT] v. To flunk an exam or
course. A track called Zorch was the B-side of a
single called Captain Hideous, released by novelty
artist Nervous Norvous in 1955. Norvous was heavily influemced by a radio
comedian named Red Blanchard; the word “zorch” appears to have
been coined on Blanchard's show in the early 1950s. The word itself had no
meaning, but there where compounds using it that did — “zorch
cow”, for example, was a variant of the Chicago-area slang
“black cow” for a root beer float.
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