grippy socks is kind of a code word for mental health facility because when your in one they give you grippy socks instead of shoes
person A: it wasnt bad when i had grippy socks
person B: yea i played a lot of uno
by nqlqni January 19, 2021
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A common online name for a mental hospitals, often due to the fact that you get socks with grips on the bottoms instead of shoes.
“I had to go to grippy sock jail after I told my therapist about my mental stats.”
by MossyMoss January 26, 2021
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A stay in the mental hospital. Name taken from the grippy socks given to (mostly involuntary) patients. Patients are not allowed shoes with laces due to suicide risk so grippy socks like those used at trampoline parks are issued to patients for footwear.
See: "psych ward socks"

Source: Was in mental hospital in 2019 and know other patients from other institutions

Phrase originally used within mental hospital circles and later spread on TikTok and other social media.
"If the professor gives us another fucking project, I'm going to need a grippy sock vacation!"
by MXRed February 20, 2022
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An online term used to describe a type of mental hospital, this term is used because of the fact in most mental hospitals they tend to give you grippy socks to wear as a type of shoe.
Yeah, my mom said she would send me to grippy sock land if I didn’t start acting right.
by JustHereM88 December 11, 2021
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A voluntary stay in the mental hospital when you need to check out for a bit.

Term originated on TikTok.
"I'm starting to feel like I need a grippy sock vacation"
by abbyrandi October 7, 2021
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Exactly like dating a mental girl ie grippy sock coochie, but it’s a male with mental problems and a Long Schlong.
“Did you hear Teds with Angela now?“
“Nah, but she said to me he’s got Grippy Sock Cock
by DmnsPwn April 22, 2022
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