What is the meaning or origin of 'shazbot'?

Answer 1

The first place I ever heard "shazbot" was from the tv show Mork and Mindy in which Robin Williams played an alien who landed in a space egg in Boulder, CO and Mindy (Pam Dawber) found him and he moved in with her (purely platonic, of course). Shazbot seemed to mean Oh, shoot, or something similar.

Answer 2

Not sure whether it had a particular meaning for someone in its origin, but it is a 'fictional?' word 'invented?' and used in the 1970's TV sitcom, "Mork and Mindy," starring, whom is now a well-known comedian and actor, Robin Williams. Robin's character, Mork, is an extra-terrestrial alien from a planet who's name I've forgotten (sorry), and uses the term much like we use the word "darn, shoot, or a certain other 4-letter expletive beginning with 'sh' and ending with 't'.