grok

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The Word of the Day for February 16 is: 

grok   \GROCK\   verb
     : to understand profoundly and intuitively 

Example sentence:
     No matter how many times I try to explain it, my grandmother just can?t 
grok what a blog is and why anyone would want to read one.

Did you know?
     "Grok" may be the only English word that derives from Martian. Yes, we do 
mean the language of the planet Mars. No, we're not getting spacey; we've just 
ventured into the realm of science fiction. "Grok" was introduced in Robert A. 
Heinlein's 1961 science fiction novel _Stranger in a Strange Land_. The book's 
main character, Valentine Michael Smith, is a Martian-raised human who comes to 
earth as an adult, bringing with him words from his native tongue and a unique 
perspective on the strange, strange ways of earthlings. "Grok" was quickly 
adopted by the youth culture of America and has since peppered the vernacular 
of those who grok it, from the hippies of the '60s to the computerniks of the 
'90s. 





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