atw: Re: Groktalks for tech writers
- From: Stuart Burnfield <sburnf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 14:09:02 +0800
> Us lot's question to you: what on earth (or elsewhere)
> does "grok" mean?
You mean, "What on Mars". As Laura said, it's from Stranger in a Strange
Land, by Robert Heinlein.
It's meant to have a fancy, subtle meaning, but "to grasp" gets you pretty
close. It's a mixture of insight and understanding.
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Stuart Burnfield
Information Developer
Australian Programming Centre
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