February 26, 2025

Grogging.

It's a portmanteau word.

Discovered as I listened to myself stumbling over pronunciation while blabbing — in real life — about the challenges of blogging while also using Grok.

14 comments:

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Close to grog·gy
adjective
dazed, weak, or unsteady, especially from illness, intoxication, sleep, or a blow:
"the sleeping pills had left her feeling groggy"

n.n said...
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n.n said...

Imbibing a full body grog is intoxicating. That said, pass the salsa. Hold the Guac.

Amexpat said...

How about bogging for when you get bogged down with your blog.

Jupiter said...

If it's a portmanteau word, then we have to presuppose the existence of an activity called "Grokking". Which is basically a way for people who are not teenage boys to interact obsessively with a computer. Video games for chicks.
No one and nothing will ever be as completely devoted to whatever pushes your buttons as a computer is.

n.n said...

Some people will google, others will bing, a few yahoo(s), and many will duck, duck, go in a googol searches for the definitive portmanteau.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

I appreciate portmanteau. This one was almost immediately apparent, given my familiarity with this blog.

Ann Althouse said...

I was trying to say Grokking. Obviously, people will use the name of the platform as a noun.

n.n said...

Grogging is also an early morning process for diverse people.

Josephbleau said...

I used to go grogging but now I stick to wine.

n.n said...

Grokking, grogging, that's funny without being rude. Can we attribute this joyful portmanteau to a sly AI or an early morning Freudian slip?

Jupiter said...

The name of the platform is already a noun. You are verbing it. Actually, Heinlein already invented the verb "grok" in Stranger in a Strange Land. To grok something is to understand it completely, at an intuitive level. I suspect that whoever named Grok was aware of that usage.

Howard said...

I prefer the robust notes of bilge in a whiskey barrel aged Tawny Portmanteau.

Howard said...

Grokking is trekking through an artificial mind

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