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grok: /grok/, var. /grohk/ [from the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land", by Robert A.
gronked: adj. 1. Broken. "The teletype scanner was gronked, so we took the system down.
2. Of people, the condition of feeling very tired or (less commonly) sick....
gronk: /gronk/ [popularized by Johnny Hart's comic strip "B.
C." but the word apparently predates that] vt. 1. To clear the state of a wedged device and restart it....
gronk out: vi. To cease functioning. Of people, to go home and go to sleep.
I guess I'll gronk out now; see you all tomorrow." -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
Groovy...
Gross anatomy--it isn't just for breakfast anymore.
Gross denial: when Larry King says he's not liberal 144 times.
Gross exaggeration is at least 144 times as bad as ordinary exaggeration.
Gross incompetence: 144 people in Clinton's Cabinet.
Gross: Living in the basement of an outhouse!

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