Re: what does the word grok mean?

From: Michael Lorrey (retroman@together.net)
Date: Thu Nov 12 1998 - 16:33:00 MST


Timothy Bates wrote:

> Hi Spike and listers,
>
> >Timothy Bates wrote:
> >> As you go on to note, libertarian's just don't grok tax in the first...
>
> Spike said:
> >define please this term "grok." i saw it used in ed regis' book
> >nano, but the context was uncertain. thanks! spike
>
> grok is Unix-geek speak: it means "get it".

while that may be its meaning to unix users, it did not originate there. Grok
originated with Robert Heinlein's book _Stranger In A Strange Land_.

Mike Lorrey



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