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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/zorch/ 1. [TMRC] v. To attack with an inverse heat sink. 2. [TMRC] v. To
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travel, with v approaching c [that is, with velocity approaching lightspeed
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ESR]. 3. [MIT] v. To propel something very quickly. The new comm software is
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very fast; it really zorches files through the network. 4. [MIT] n.
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Influence. Brownie points. Good karma. The intangible and fuzzy currency in
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which favors are measured. I'd rather not ask him for that just yet; I think
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I've used up my quota of zorch with him for the week. 5. [MIT] n. Energy,
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drive, or ability. I think I'll punt that change for now; I've been up for
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30 hours and I've run out of zorch. 6. [MIT] v. To flunk an exam or course.
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A track called Zorch was the B-side of a single called Captain Hideous ,
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released by novelty artist Nervous Norvous in 1955. Norvous was heavily
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influemced by a radio comedian named Red Blanchard; the word zorch appears
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to have been coined on Blanchard's show in the early 1950s. The word itself
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had no meaning, but there where compounds using it that did zorch cow , for
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example, was a variant of the Chicago-area slang black cow for a root beer
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float.
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