zot

Meanings

Verb

• To zap, kill, or destroy.

Noun

• An anteater.
• A black person.

Interjection

• The characteristic sound made by an anteater's tongue or by lightning.

Origin

• A sound effect. Popularized by the Usenet Oracle, a humorous Internet advice service, where the word was used as an irritated dismissal of a question.
• Sound effect in the comic strip B.C., first published in 1958, associated with both (1) the rapid tongue of an anteater character and (2) lightning bolts.