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Re: Keen Observers of Community...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:20:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Rene Hoffmeister wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Chris Phillips wrote:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Rene Hoffmeister wrote:
> > > Obviously they find it entertaining AND are able to operate a computer. To what
> > > extend that grants them intelligence is probably another debate :-P
> >
> > Yeah, I didn't say it wasn't possible, just surprising.
> >
> > > I have to admit, some of their virtual hen-parties are hard to digest, but even
> > > the AFOL community is just a cross-section of our society...
> >
> > There's a frightening thought! I suppose some things are best left un-grokked.
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> Hi Chris,
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> I fear now we come to _my_ intelligence: What does "un-grokked" mean? My
> dictionary says: "Go away, nitwit, such a word doesn't exist"...
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> Leg Godt!
> Rene
Sorry, it's not a "real" word in formal English. The root word "grok" comes
from Robert Heinlein's book Stranger in a Strange Land. It basically means "to
understand completely." It seems the folks on JLUG have adopted the term as one
of their favorite verbs. Sample usage: "Do you grok JLUG?" In my case, the
correct answer would be "no."
Perverting the non-word further, I've added a negative prefix.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
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