Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 07:35:39 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Perry <andrew@python.shoal.net.au> To: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> Cc: Rob Hartill <robh@imdb.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: grok ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970320073410.28428A-100000@python.shoal.net.au> In-Reply-To: <199703191732.KAA13800@seagull.rtd.com>
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> > "grok" isn't in my vocabulary. I assume it means "support" or "handle" > > It's from a Heinlein novel (perhaps _Stranger in a Strange Land_? Sorry, > I can't recall things that I've read that long ago... Maybe _I will Fear > No Evil_?). Basically, it means "understand" (though in the Heinlein > context it meant far more...) > > --don > yep, Stranger in a Strange Land, the one about the Mars born human who came to Earth. Andrew
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