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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>gronked</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="gronk-out.html" title="gronk out"/><link rel="next" href="grovel.html" title="grovel"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gronked</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gronk-out.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="grovel.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="gronked"/><dt xmlns="" id="gronked"><b>gronked</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Broken. “<span class="quote">The teletype scanner was gronked, so we took the
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system down.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Of people, the condition of feeling very tired or (less commonly)
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sick. “<span class="quote">I've been chasing that bug for 17 hours now and I am
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thoroughly gronked!</span>” Compare <a href="../B/broken.html"><i class="glossterm">broken</i></a>, which
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means about the same as <a href="gronk.html"><i class="glossterm">gronk</i></a> used of hardware, but
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connotes depression or mental/emotional problems in people.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gronk-out.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="grovel.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">gronk out </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> grovel</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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