When you get copy editing by someone who doesn’t grok truckerese, you might get this kind of warped lingo. Grin and let it go. Unless you own the paper.
Nice. I haven’t heard grok for a number of years! We are, after all, now in the strange land.
I’m appalled at the number of people who can’t write yet somehow seem to do it professionally. I mostly ignore the incompetence, but occasionally I get fed up.
Now back to our regularly schedule program...