OT does anyone else find it off topic to see the word "grokking"? Does that mean understanding? Do we need a new word for this extremely basic concept?
"Grok (/ˈɡrɒk/) is a neologism coined by the American writer Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. While the Oxford English Dictionary summarizes the meaning of grok as "to understand intuitively or by empathy, to establish rapport with" and "to empathize or communicate sympathetically (with); also, to experience enjoyment", Heinlein's concept is far more nuanced, with critic Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. observing that "the book's major theme can be seen as an extended definition of the term." The concept of grok garnered significant critical scrutiny in the years after the book's initial publication. The term and aspects of the underlying concept have become part of communities such as computer science. "
It's a pretty common, well-accepted use in the hacker lexicon. See esr's Jargon File [0] where, by some sources [1][2], it started being used in its capacity as meaning 'understanding' for forty-ish years now at this point.
What's your point? It's 60 years old therefore can't possibly be stupid?
Or perhaps you have no point and are just nitpicking that I called it new? Compared to the word "to understand" it's new, it's pretty obvious that my use of the word new had a context attached.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok