[Bell Labs] To destroy, esp. of a data structure. Hardware gets
{toast}ed or {fried}, software gets roached. Probably derived from
'70s and '80s drug slang; marijuana smokers used `roach' to refer to
the unsmokable remnant of a joint, and to `roach' a joint was
therefore to destroy it.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {fry}{scag}{stomp on}{trash}{walk off the end of}]