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Grok is an old ttrpg term that means "to intuitively understand something." As in "I totally grok how to play as an elf in ad&d but playing as a wizard is totally over my head"
edit: correct the autocorrect
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
"to really understand something"
It's also an old Log parser and search function for Linux/unix. So it's logical he would steal it like he stole the xorg iconography.