Zit vs Zot - What's the difference?
zit | zot |
(US, slang) pimple
* 1968 , J. Lawrence Hagen, "Pinball 1959", Generation volume 20–21, page 182:
* 1987 , 00:06:35:
(slang) To zap, kill, or destroy.
* 1980 , Kit Reed, Magic time
* 1997 , "Matt Lepinski", Zotting'' (on Internet newsgroup ''rec.humor.oracle.d )
* 1997 , "Terry Moore", COPS PUT LIVES ON LINE?'' (on Internet newsgroup ''austin.general )
* 1998 , "RosieDawg", watergardening and dogs and Rosie's new toy, OT-ish'' (on Internet newsgroup ''rec.ponds )
(US) The characteristic sound made by an anteater's tongue or by lightning.
As verbs the difference between zit and zot
is that zit is to live while zot is (slang) to zap, kill, or destroy.As a noun zot is
(us|slang) an anteater.As an interjection zot is
(us) the characteristic sound made by an anteater's tongue or by lightning.zit
English
Noun
(en noun)- I can't help thinking how little good all that working out did him. I think the only thing he ever got out of it was more zits .
- Brad: Sara, did you take my Clearasil again? Sara: I ran out of brown (paint). Brad: Great. How am I supposed to cover up my zits ?
Synonyms
* acker, akker (Archaic Australian slang)See also
* acne * blackhead * pimple * spot ----zot
English
Etymology 1
A sound effect. Popularized by the , a humorous Internet advice service, where the word was used as an irritated dismissal of a question.Verb
(en-verb)- I reached for the handle and it zotted me — an electric shock to the elbow.
- I've heard rumors about the oracle zotting people and I have these questions about zot?
- When a taxi driver, convenience store clerk, pizza deliverer, etc., gets zotted , it is on the back page of the local newspaper and not in out of town newspapers at all.
- electric fence - zotting me was fine (well really!) but they were worried about zotting the several dozen human puppies that hang around at our house.
