grok

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  • At the risk of making vast racial stereotypes, I felt that I understood most of the major cultures in the world, but the Muslim culture was one that I simply couldn't "grok" well. —  Joi Ito's Web
  • Please excuse my ignorance, but what does "grok" mean? —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Simplicity makes your analysis clearer and easier to grok. —  tante's blog
  • Most people, though, simply do not grok how much data a short video or a few dozen lightly compressed photos use up, though. —  Slashdot: Hardware
  • Scott asked insightful, well-thought-out questions: It's always nice to see a journalist and author really grok how creative work is being carved out by independent artists online. —  Sheldon Comic Strip: The daily webcomic by Dave Kellett
 

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  1. Coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his Stranger in a Strange Land.
 

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