Ngram error rate
The Endeavour 2026-09-07
Summary:
The Online Etymological Dictionary gives the following etymology for grok: grok (v.) “understand empathically,” 1961, an arbitrary formation by U.S. science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) in his book “Stranger in a Strange Land.” In the book it is a transliteration of a Martian word and is said to mean etymologically “to drink.” It attained […]
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