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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. | 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. | ||
“'''I grok [[Spock]]'''” was a [[catchphrase]] during the late 1960s and ’70s. | “'''I grok [[Spock]]'''” was a [[catchphrase]] during the late 1960s and ’70s. | ||
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{{fanspeak|start=1961}} | {{fanspeak|start=1961}} | ||
[[Category:fiction]] | [[Category:fiction]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:04, 9 August 2021
(For other Groks, see Grok (Disambiguation).)
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.
“I grok Spock” was a catchphrase during the late 1960s and ’70s.
| 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. |
