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15 Nov 2016, 5:23 am

auntblabby wrote:
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^^don't expect many here to grok that.


grok?

grok
[ɡräk]

VERB
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informal
understand (something) intuitively or by empathy: "because of all the commercials, children grok things immediately"
empathize or communicate sympathetically; establish a rapport.


ooh I like that. never even heard of it before.

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When you claim to "grok" some knowledge or technique, you are asserting that you have not merely learned it in a detached instrumental way but that it has become part of you, part of your identity. For example, to say that you "know" Lisp is simply to assert that you can code in it if necessary — but to say you "grok" LISP is to claim that you have deeply entered the world-view and spirit of the language, with the implication that it has transformed your view of programming. Contrast zen, which is a similar supernatural understanding experienced as a single brief flash


right, I am going to be grokking things left, right and centre today while the early enthusiasm works it's way through my system. and if you don't like that I will be grokking all up in your face!



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15 Nov 2016, 5:26 am

Biscuitman wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Biscuitman wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^don't expect many here to grok that.


grok?

grok
[ɡräk]

VERB
US
informal
understand (something) intuitively or by empathy: "because of all the commercials, children grok things immediately"
empathize or communicate sympathetically; establish a rapport.


ooh I like that. never even heard of it before.

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When you claim to "grok" some knowledge or technique, you are asserting that you have not merely learned it in a detached instrumental way but that it has become part of you, part of your identity. For example, to say that you "know" Lisp is simply to assert that you can code in it if necessary — but to say you "grok" LISP is to claim that you have deeply entered the world-view and spirit of the language, with the implication that it has transformed your view of programming. Contrast zen, which is a similar supernatural understanding experienced as a single brief flash


right, I am going to be grokking things left, right and centre today while the early enthusiasm works it's way through my system. and if you don't like that I will be grokking all up in your face!

Grok /ˈɡrɒk/ is a word coined by Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. I am feeling like a stranger in a strange land more and more.