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Re: Fwd: grok: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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- Subject: Re: Fwd: grok: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
- From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 06:41:05 -0700
- Cc: http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg, http://www.gmail.com/~christopher1 (Chris), http://www.gmail.com/~drchrisbear (Chris), http://www.picis.com/~Chris (Chris)
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Grokin' out, were we?
> From: <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl>
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 08:22:08 -0400
>
>  Thanks Chris. We were riding by The Peddler's Daughter the other day and a
> guy yelled out ---Stranger In a Strange Land. I gave a thumbs up. "GROK"
> licence plate. On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 06:46:19 -0400 Christopher <
> http://www.gmail.com/~christopher1 ,http://www.gmail.com/~christopher1, > writes:
>
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> Date: Jul 10, 2014 3:56 AM
> Subject: grok: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
> To: "Word of the Day Subscriber" < http://www.gmail.com/~christopher1 ,mailto:
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> \grok\
> verb
> 1. to understand thoroughly and intuitively.
> 2. to communicate sympathetically.
> Quotes
> Jill bit her lip, then grinned. "I'm not sure what â?? See full quote
> -- Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land , 1961
> Origin
> Grok was coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his 1961 science-fic... See full
> origin ,http://lists.lexico.com/t/20598248/7889570/24096685/0/,