It's fun to note when a word from a Sci-Fi novel becomes so firmly part of English that a room full of Senior Vice Presidents don't bat an eye when the CEO of a serious Telecom Access Provider says he "Groks" our requirements.
For those that don't get the reference: Stranger in a Strange Land
"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."
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