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Re:Vonnegut Reviews Heinlein's “Stranger in a Strange Land” by prepend on Saturday May 29, 2021 @09:01PM (#27329683)
I’ve never seen it used in that way, almost always it means to completely know something on a very deep level. To know it inside and out, etc.
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Re:Vonnegut Reviews Heinlein's “Stranger in a Strange Land” by xref on Saturday May 29, 2021 @09:40PM (#27329881)
Much more common is “expert” or “mastery” for that level of understanding, when I hear “grok” it means they read the Wikipedia page or did the tutorial or something.
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