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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