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1 definition found From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: 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.