← Back to context Comment by detaro 8 months ago ... in what other contexts would you use the word "grok"? 1 comment detaro Reply rrr_oh_man 8 months ago > ... in what other contexts would you use the word "grok"?My understanding: When complex knowledge is absorbed through deep immersion.I was surprised to see to grok as a synonym for (? a possibly very superficial flavour of) to understand.Would have loved to know why, from a linguistic perspective, GP used that word in this context.
rrr_oh_man 8 months ago > ... in what other contexts would you use the word "grok"?My understanding: When complex knowledge is absorbed through deep immersion.I was surprised to see to grok as a synonym for (? a possibly very superficial flavour of) to understand.Would have loved to know why, from a linguistic perspective, GP used that word in this context.
> ... in what other contexts would you use the word "grok"?
My understanding: When complex knowledge is absorbed through deep immersion.
I was surprised to see to grok as a synonym for (? a possibly very superficial flavour of) to understand.
Would have loved to know why, from a linguistic perspective, GP used that word in this context.