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Grok
To understand fully; become one with (from the Martial verb "to drink"). (Read the full article)
| "I believe Heinlein borrowed the word "grok" from Arabic. In arabic the verb garaka means to be immersed or to drown. " (Joel Hardin 7/14/2004 8:17:15 AM ) |
| "I thought "grok" meant water not to drink but w/e." (David Savage 1/30/2005 10:38:49 PM ) |
| "Remember, that it can not be placed into the human language. You can only grok it's fulness when the fulness has been reached." (Badger 1/12/2006 10:34:34 AM ) |
| "And he may have borrowed it; however, it appears that the new meaning has roots deeper than this Earth. Perhaps Jupiter or the area cubed from here to Alpha Centauri... Somewhere around there, but you get the idea.
" (Badger 1/12/2006 10:36:41 AM ) |
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