When my friend was down the drainage shaft, I took the opportunity to let out a great zoob that got him on the back of the neck and ran tricklishly down his back. Shortly afterwards he emerged from the shaft claiming the zoob stank and it was me who was running while he buzzed stones whirrsomely in pursuit.
A universal measurement of energy/power that can have one of three simple values; not enough, plenty, or tons. Zoobs can be used to measure the energy or power of anything... a battery, motor, ac outlet, car, motorcycle, you name it; it either doesn't have enough zoobs, has plenty, or has a ton.
author's first known origin -- engineering school discussions.
That motor is so weak, it doesn't even have enough zoobs to move the hands on a clock. Damn, his car has a ton of zoobs, but am I supposed to be impressed with a machine that just sits there and spin its wheels?
NY lingo derives from Zoobie Machine "nickname of the Zamboni in Hockey and shit" So if you screw up on the ice your a block head thick like the ice, like a dumb ass, a tutsoon more or less