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Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.

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[โ€“] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Grok

It means to know or understand, like "yeah man I can grok that."

[โ€“] jacksilver@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

For those who aren't familiar with the word, it comes from the 1961 scifi novel "Stranger in a Strange Land".

[โ€“] maniii@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah that's right, seems my link didn't populate right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok

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