old USENET jargon, now used in instant messaging, chat rooms, and blogs.
From the group alt.rec.humor.oracle (origin explained here: <http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22what+is+zot%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=1992Oct26.160116.11080%40bmers95.bnr.ca&rnum=2>
} zot (zot) Slang, verb } zotted, zot-ting, zots verb, transitive } 1. To wound, maim, destroy, or generally disrupt the corporeal } integrity of an unworthy supplicant with bursts of Oracular energy. } Ex. "During one especially memorable fit of Oracular pique, } one hundred twelve consecutive supplicants were zotted." } (T.U. Oracle Review) } } noun } zot-ting } plural zots } 1. The burst of Oraclar energy customarily received by unworthy supplicants } Ex. "You call that a grovel? Here, perhaps a good zotting } will help you recall your manners!" (Annals of T.U. Oracle). } zot-tage } 1. The crater and supplicant residue (if any) remaining after the } occurance of an Oracular zotting. Ex. "Holy cow! After the } Oracle was through with Terry, there wasn't zottage left to bury } in his lunchbox!." (Bloomington Daily Register) } } interjection } 1. Used to imitate the sound made when a burst of Oracluar energy } finds its target. Ex. "*ZOT*", or "_Zot_!" (anon). }