Just ONE word

In "The Graduate," Mr. McGuire said to a young Dustin Hoffman: "Just one word... plastics."

It is interesting how an entire culture could glom onto the single word "grok", Capfka.

It is also interesting how a single word, namely, "plastics" in "The Graduate", can define an entire culture, as well as the lead character's complete estrangement from that culture.

Interesting, it only took ONE word to make Dustin Hoffman's character feel like "a stranger in a strange land".