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Re: Lugnet/Localities Navigation
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 27 Mar 1999 14:26:45 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> 'Grok' is a word with many definitions, I think, but basically, to grok
> something means to understand it in a gut/zen/metaphysical way.
You're grokking it. See _Stranger in a Strange Land_ by RAH. I really
believe he invented the word for his character Michael Valentine Smith,
the Man from Mars. (along with the memorable phrases, "I am only an
egg." and "Thou art God.") That book gets a bit thick at times, but you
can't really say that you're well read if you haven't read it.
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| (...) That single-word sentence was just short for "I grok" or "I grok what you're saying." 'Grok' is a word with many definitions, I think, but basically, to grok something means to understand it in a gut/zen/metaphysical way. In this case, 'grok' (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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