Grok -
A made up word by the sci-fi author R.A. Heinlein that made it into Websters dictionary.
It's got two meanings - to drink - and to 'understand something in it's full completeness' ... to become one with it and to know it inside & out.
Why grok though? - well, that book really struck a chord with me when I read it in my teens. That language plays a big part in shaping our perception of reality.
In a nutshell - The main character of the story (Stranger in a Strange Land) Michael Valentine Smith was raised by Martians. The Martian language .. well, it's so involved and evolved, that when thinking in this language, not only is your relation to the universe shaped differently, you can also shape the universe.
More so, it made me think about why we think the way we do, what it's all about, basically it really helped in opening up my mind
Anyways, I thought I'd add the definition from Wiki as well (which is from the book itself):
Grok means to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the observed—to merge, blend, intermarry, lose identity in group experience. It means almost everything that we mean by religion, philosophy, and science—and it means as little to us (because of our Earthly assumptions) as color means to a blind man.
Still a big R.A.H. fan to this day
