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You're telling me that "grok" isn't a normal English verb either? What a sad day :-(
by judofyr 16y ago
You're telling me that "grok" isn't a normal English verb either? What a sad day :-(
- ars 16y agoIt was coined in the book Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein.
- ColinDabritz 16y agohttps://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Grok https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Grok Grok is a term from Robert A. Heinlein's book "Stranger in a strange land." I can see why finding out that these amazing words are not 'official' English could make you sad, but for me I find it amazing and encouraging, as this is exactly the way that some language is formed! They are so full of future potential. I look forward to seeing what terms 'make it' into major dictionaries in the future.
- mhd 16y agoConsidering the rather eclectic nature of the English vocabulary, is there such a thing as a "normal" verb? Grok is exactly the same level as brobdingnagian, i.e. perfectly cromulent.
- sabat 16y agoThe use of Grok in English is embiggening.
- pjscott 16y agoAccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, both grep and grok are English verbs. I'm happy about this, since the OED is about as official as you can get.
- jackowayed 16y agoHow does the OED define grep?
- gmac 16y agogrep, n. Computing. A Unix command used to search files for the occurrence of a string of characters that matches a specified sequence or pattern, and to output all the lines matching this. Also grep command. grep, v. Computing. 1. intr. To search for a string of characters using the grep command. Also trans.: to search (a file) in this way. 2. trans. slang (usu. humorous). Of a person: to search; to scan visually. Both marked: DRAFT ENTRY June 2010
- ig1 16y agoI used to do research for the OED and generally if there's evidence that a verb is common in the field (used in magazines, books, etc. by multiple authors and not just in reference to it's original usage) then the OED is willing to include it. If there's a term that you think matches that criteria but isn't included you can gather up some relevent citations and send them in and they'll consider it for addition. To get a transparent look at how they do this kind of thing have a look at: http://www.jessesword.com/sf/ http://www.jessesword.com/sf/ The OED ran an open research project to gather evidence of science fiction terms as they figured the online SF community would be much better at finding this evidence than their own researchers.
- danh 16y agoThat just goes to show that normal English is highly unusual.
- btilly 16y agoInterestingly grok was originally a noun! It means "water". People look at me funny when I point that out.
- jf 16y agoFor shame! It makes perfect sense if you've read "Stranger in a Strange Land"