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I'm curious, Why? I have no problem with grok as long as anyone that uses the term has actually read 'Stranger in a Strange Land'. Honestly if there ever was a

• Scaevolus 14y ago
  It's very harsh sounding-- like an expletive or a loud bird.
• hackinthebochs 14y ago
  Scaevolus's answer is exactly how I feel. It just very harsh sounding to my minds ear. It literally grates on my psyche every time I have to say it in my head. And I'm with you on "hacker". I don't have a problem with the word itself, but its so overused in these circles to the point that its irritating every time I see someone try to stuff yet another everyday activity under the hacker term.
  • unimpressive 14y ago
    > And I'm with you on "hacker". I don't have a problem with the word itself, but its so overused in these circles to the point that its irritating every time I see someone try to stuff yet another everyday activity under the hacker term. It's at that point that you regex it to something else. [0] I won't stop using hacker; because it has history. But I do laugh when I see it get applied to everything, it's sad, in a humorous sort of way. At least the IT community hasn't ruined wizard yet. [0]: http://xkcd.com/1031/ http://xkcd.com/1031/