Here's another source for zot as a synonym for nothing

http://www.whyknought.com/22.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*

It wasn't easy to find. But to save you the trouble:

naught, nil, nobody, nonentity, nothing, nothingness, nought, nullity, squat, zilch, zip, zippo*, zot*

dalehileman