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  • Candidates are the term 'zorch' from late 1950s DIY electronics slang, the use of the term as a placeholder in some early 1970s textbooks, the typo a QWERTY user would get if he typed 'work' on an TFA:

    Slashdot 2010

  • The sentence by sentence thing works, but it's nice to get five hundred words out with a zorch.

    He jests at scars that never felt a wound. matociquala 2007

  • So if you daydream in class, or talk too much or not enough, or your left zorch is too small or your hair sticks up, it is not your fault.

    Now What? Nicholas Lore 2008

  • So if you daydream in class, or talk too much or not enough, or your left zorch is too small or your hair sticks up, it is not your fault.

    Now What? Nicholas Lore 2008

  • I also have to say, that I got to the end of the article and, I am so writing a SF story with a zorch port and a frammis storage unit.

    Tales of Horror From Years Gone By « Whatever 2006

  • "He's not gonna stop free-wheeling until you zorch him in the stem, Craftsmaster."

    The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

  • Oldiron_79: Are there any words left that don't have a double meaning? cardex: Are there any words left that don't have a double meaning? only 3 zorch

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • Are there any words left that don't have a double meaning? only 3 zorch

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • There's nobody can teach this boy any tricks in how to handle light-blasters ... or were you figuring to join the zorch yourself? "

    The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

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  • Zap / scorch /torch ?

    "The lightning had zorched through that device and the resulting surge had damaged the IDE chip on the..." -spotted in The Register

    August 5, 2016

  • A quick search shows that navies use this as a term for moving fast. http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-admiral-whos-fond-of-the-word-zorch-1403301934

    August 5, 2016