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| + | To '''''grok''''' is to understand something deeply and intuitively. The transitive verb ('''''grokked, grokking'''''), coined by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] in his 1961 novel ''[[Stranger in a Strange Land]]'', has made it into [[mundane]] dictionaries, but it was [[fanspeak]] first. | ||
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Revision as of 11:21, 26 March 2021
(For other Groks, see the Grok disambiguation page.)
To grok is to understand something deeply and intuitively. The transitive verb (grokked, grokking), coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his 1961 novel Stranger in a Strange Land, has made it into mundane dictionaries, but it was fanspeak first.
| Fanspeak | 1961— |
| This is a fanspeak page. Please extend it by adding information about when and by whom it was coined, whether it’s still in use, etc. |
