I was wondering if someone would grok my little joke.
is it slang if a writer coins a phrase?
Roger
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:03 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Quoting Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> Ah yes, age gets to us all.
>
> It's a great idea, and I love the sharp sixpenny
>> turn of focus now that I've grokked the sense.
>
> O Roger, age got to me thus: grokked? new word to me.
> I wonder if I am the last to hear it.
> Googling helped, of course:
>
> grok (grk)
> tr.v. grok·ked, grok·king, groks Slang
> To understand profoundly through intuition or empathy.
> [Coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his Stranger in a Strange Land.]
>
> Verb 1. grok - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the
> meaning of this letter?"
> apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, savvy, grasp, compass, dig
> understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of;
> figure - understand;
> catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, twig, latch on, tumble -
> understand, usually after some initial difficulty
>
> etc, mangled by my ruthless editing ...
> IS 'slang' the right word for it, then?
>
> Max
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