Overview
- Fox News columnist David Marcus argues the modern “6-7” chant echoes the 1300s dice game Hazard, where six and seven were considered bad odds and came to signal risk.
- Marcus cites literary uses, including a line in Shakespeare’s Richard II referencing “six and seven,” to claim the pairing long conveyed worry and confusion.
- The New York Post reports the chant’s ubiquity among kids and notes an Indiana sheriff’s deputy posted a video joking it is illegal to say “six” and “seven,” with officers handing out playful fake tickets.
- The Daily Beast adds that the phrase’s current popularity was boosted by Skrilla’s 2024 track “Doot Doot (6 7),” and the artist has said the words simply reflect what pops into his head.
- Marcus also points to a weighing hand gesture used with the chant as visual shorthand for chance, though his historical linkage is presented as an interpretive claim rather than proven etymology.