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word origin in “Stranger in a Strange Land”

In Stranger in a Strange Land: Publication and reception
Heinlein’s coining of the word grok—meaning literally “to drink” but more broadly “to understand profoundly and intuitively”—was later incorporated into English-language dictionaries.
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