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Birdland · 05-29-2002, 08:44 PM

Oh, OK, Tigerlily. You twisted my arm. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

grok /grok/, var. /grok/ vt.

[common; from the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land", by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word meaning literally `to drink' and metaphorically `to be one with'] The emphatic form is `grok in fullness'. 1. To understand. Connotes intimate and exhaustive knowledge. When you claim to `grok' some knowledge or technique, you are asserting that you have not merely learned it in a detached instrumental way but that it has become part of you, part of your identity.

"Stranger in a Strange Land" was a hugely popular novel during the 60's as well, and "grok" was a word that was picked up, (in a humorous vein) by the college kids of the day. Another favorite button was "I Grok Spock".

05-29-2002, 08:44 PM	#7
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Oh, OK, Tigerlily. You twisted my arm. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] grok /grok/, var. /grok/ vt. [common; from the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land", by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word meaning literally `to drink' and metaphorically `to be one with'] The emphatic form is `grok in fullness'. 1. To understand. Connotes intimate and exhaustive knowledge. When you claim to `grok' some knowledge or technique, you are asserting that you have not merely learned it in a detached instrumental way but that it has become part of you, part of your identity. "Stranger in a Strange Land" was a hugely popular novel during the 60's as well, and "grok" was a word that was picked up, (in a humorous vein) by the college kids of the day. Another favorite button was "I Grok Spock".