: Re: What's "fair use" for borrowing someone else's invented term? Let's say I'm writing a sci-fi novel. I want to use a word which another writer has coined, which has become well-recognized outside
IANAL, but I don't think they can sue you (successfully) for using a word which is part of the (informal) English language:
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grok oxforddictionaries.com/definition/grok
Even my favourite dictionary lists it.
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