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Re: Another Technic Creation
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Date: 
Tue, 14 Nov 2000 22:17:45 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, John Morgan writes:
> In lugnet.technic, Mike McFarlane writes:
> <snippage>
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > PS I can't figure out what 'grok' is. Is it a typing error??
> Grok is a word coined by Robert Heinlien in his book, Stranger in a Strange
> Land
> I did a web search and found this page on Grok:
> 
> 
>    http://www.grok.com/

  Cool--I never knew that, and Dictionary.com bears you out:

http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=grok

  That's pretty nifty.

     Dave!

      Dave!



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  Re: Another Technic Creation
 
(...) grok gro+k, v. U.S. slang. Also grock. Arbitrary formation by Heinlein (see quot. 1961). a. trans. (also with obj. clause) To understand intuitively or by empathy; to establish rapport with. b. intr. To empathize or communicate sympathetically (...) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)

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  Re: Another Technic Creation
 
In lugnet.technic, Mike McFarlane writes: <snippage> (...) Grok is a word coined by Robert Heinlien in his book, Stranger in a Strange Land I did a web search and found this page on Grok: (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)

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