grippy sock vacation
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Grippy sock refers to the non-slip socks issued to psychiatric patients in place of lace-up shoes or slippers.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]grippy sock vacation (plural grippy sock vacations)
- (Internet slang, humorous) An inpatient stay in a psychiatric facility.
- 2021 December 6, VoidCat, “The day Conscious thoughts lost it”, in Religious Forums[1] (comment), archived from the original on 2023-07-28:
- Does this mean Conscious thoughts went on a grippy sock vacation? Or just went to treatment?
- 2023 January 29, Mafalda von Alvensleben, “February Tarot Reading”, in The Yale Herald[2], archived from the original on 2023-12-05:
- Still, the Five of Cups tells us that yes, you may be a grade-A unstable, about-to-book-a-ticket-to-grippy-sock-vacation mess. Or you might be thriving despite it all.
- 2023 June 21, “Grippy sock vacations and chocolates”, in Kitten and her coffee[3] (blog), archived from the original on 2024-08-06:
- I’m going on a social media and phone break. I’m going to try my best to not go on a grippy sock vacation. I’ll decide on a course of action for my mental health and boundaries in the morning.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:grippy sock vacation.