Grippy is a term TikTok users are commenting on a lot of videos of women. But what does it mean and here’s how to use it but we hope that you won’t.
What does grippy mean on TikTok?
Urban Dictionary defines grippy as follows –
Word to describe a girl who isn’t rail thin. Also, not meant to describe a fat girl, but just a girl with some curves/a little meat on the bones. Not a derogatory term at all, in fact, something of a term of endearment if anything. It refers to a girl not being too thin, and having just a little something extra to grip onto, hence “grippy”
“Remember that cute tiny chic that used to tend bar at our work? Looks like she’s put on a couple pounds since then.”
“Yea I saw her last night, looks like she has gotten a little grippy.”
“Yea for sure, she looks amazing! i think I’m in love”
by Chocolate bardonkey March 16, 2015
Having or suggesting the curves of a well-proportioned feminine figure; curves adequate for holding on to.
Oooh, she looks good. She’s grippy.
by prozim October 20, 2006
But now that you know the meaning of grippy, you should also know what “grippy socks” mean because you will never guess it based on the first word.
Meaning of Grippy socks
Grippy socks or grippy sox is a codeword for mental health facility. This is because when you are admitted in such an institution, they take away your shoes and give you grippy socks instead.
Grippy sock vacation
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
