Dumb Question

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>What is a ZOT?</p>

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<p>I didnt know what it meant until a few months into my freshman year, so I’ll leave a little mystery for you</p>

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<p>The sound an anteater makes when sticking out its long tongue. used when you are very enthusiastic about some stuff that makes you a pride to be an aneater at UCI…</p>

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<p>what they told me on the campus tour was that the anteater was part of a comic and the sound he would make in it was “Zot”</p>

<p>hence… <em>anteater hand sign</em> zot zot</p>

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<p>Sometimes Wiki is your friend:</p>

<p>“A popular chant among UCI students during athletic events is “Zot, Zot, Zot!” Zot is the sound made by the tongue of the anteater in the comic strip B.C. as it flicks out to catch an ant. This is usually accompanied by the “Rip 'em Eaters” hand sign which is similar to the “Hook 'em Horns” hand sign of the University of Texas at Austin. One of the on-campus eateries is named “B.C.'s Cavern on the Green”, named in honor of the comic strip B.C. The Anteater mascot was promoted by 3 students in UCI’s founding year, Bob Ernst and Pat Glasgow of the water polo team, and rowing team member Schuyler Bassett. The mascot name was brought to a vote to the student body where irregularities were suspected in the voting process.”</p>

<p>Fear the snout! </p>

<p>If you need more school spirit, find this group:
[UCI</a> dos: Clubs & Organizations Detail](<a href=“http://search.dos.uci.edu/organizations/detail.php?id=9]UCI”>http://search.dos.uci.edu/organizations/detail.php?id=9)</p>

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<p>Really? I thought anteaters don’t make any sounds.</p>

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<p>The cartoon one did. In Johnny Hart’s comic strip, B.C., the Anteater would smite its prey with a sound ZOT!</p>

<p>It’s important not to be too literal with mascots… after all, what banana slug actually wears glasses?</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.alumni.ucsc.edu/img/bluegoldblack400.jpg[/url]”>http://www.alumni.ucsc.edu/img/bluegoldblack400.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Zot zot zot</p>

<p>sound that peter the anteater makes</p>

<p>also the prefix to a lot of UCI stuff</p>

<p>like ZOT bucks</p>

<p>or ZOT alert</p>

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<p>Thanks, MaMoose! That UCSC banana slug sure look smart with those glasses! :o)</p>