“67” has been crowned the word of the year by Dictionary.com for 2025, and people have thoughts.If you’re chronically online, or know someone who is Gen Alpha or Gen Z, chances are you’ve heard the phrase “67” (pronounced six-seven) flying around.The term is one of the latest pieces of brain rot to ...
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“67” has been crowned the word of the year by Dictionary.com for 2025, and people have thoughts.
If you’re chronically online, or know someone who is Gen Alpha or Gen Z, chances are you’ve heard the phrase “67” (pronounced six-seven) flying around.
Generation Alpha's perhaps meaningless slang term "6-7" has been declared word of the year for 2025 by Dictionary.com, which…
“Don’t worry, because we’re all still trying to figure out exactly what it means," the site said in its unusual announcement that…
Some might regard this slang as ‘brain rot’, but the first word of the year just for tweens and teenagers could be the most…
The main thing you need to know about ‘six seven’ is that you do not in fact need to know what it means
Analysis shows obscure and barely-used choices, drawn from online slang, do not stand the test of time
This year’s crop of words might best be summed up by the theme of "digital nihilism," or even the the shrug emoji (🤷).
What does ‘six-seven’ mean? Nothing. But it’s still loaded with meaning | Matt Cantor
