GROK THIS!!

[Paul Blumstein]

In article <1289 at leah.Albany.Edu> bv3456 at leah.albany.edu (Victor @ The Concrete Museum) writes:
+In <191 at skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov>:
+> Could anyone explain what a GROK is?  (Some acronym?)
+
+If I remember correctly, R.A. Heinlein wrote a book in the early 60's called
+'A Stranger in a Strange Land', which became sort of a cult hit. In the main
+character's language, to "grok" roughly meant to "understand".  Apologies if
+I'm way off, but I think that's where I saw 'grok'.

On the nose.  Grok means a little more than just understand.  It roughly
means to understand completely.  During the '60s grok started becoming
a "real word".  I'm surprised that it's usage died off.  (Am I starting
to show my age ?-).

BTW, it's a great book.  Read it if you can.

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