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‘6-7’ Named 2025 Word of the Year by Dictionary.com

The pick underscores how a meaning-free Gen Alpha meme jumped from TikTok to sports highlights to classrooms.

Overview

  • Dictionary.com said searches for the term grew more than sixfold since June as the expression spread widely across social platforms.
  • The slang, pronounced “six-seven,” traces to Skrilla’s 2024 track Doot Doot (6 7) and viral basketball edits featuring LaMelo Ball and the “67 kid.”
  • Editors called it “meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical” brainrot slang that often works as an interjection with a two‑hand “juggling” gesture.
  • Teachers have moved to curb classroom disruptions, with some schools imposing penalties, even as the meme shows up in TV references and NFL celebrations.
  • Merriam‑Webster describes it as a nonsensical teen expression, and Dictionary.com stresses the pronunciation is “six‑seven,” not “sixty‑seven.”