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If you’ve recently overheard a kid using the word six-seven and felt completely out of the loop, you are not alone. It is not a math problem, not a sports score and definitely not what you think. It’s actually the newest obsession of Gen Alpha, and Dictionary.com just declared 67 as its 2025 Word of the Year. Yes, you read that right. Not sixty-seven, but six-seven. The announcement dropped on October 29 and instantly set the Internet buzzing. The word, or technically, the number has become a viral piece of modern slang, spreading like wildfire across TikTok, memes and school hallways. But what does it mean? Well, that’s more interesting to know. A Word That Means ‘Meh’ Or ‘So-So’ According to Dictionary.com, 67 first popped up with the release of a track called Doot Doot (67) by artist Skrilla. From there, the phrase went full viral mode. Clips featuring basketball players and one particularly charismatic kid, now known as the 67 Kid, turned the number into a digital phenomenon. Soon, teachers were posting on Reddit and X (formerly Twitter), asking how to make their students stop saying six-seven, all day long. But even after countless explainer videos, no one could share its actual definition. A press release by the site read, “Within weeks, teachers were trading tips online about how to get their students to stop saying 67 all day long.” Dictionary.com describes it as something that can mean “so-so,” “meh,” or “maybe this, maybe that.” But in reality, 67 is a vibe, not a meaning, and that’s exactly why Gen Alpha loves it. “The most defining feature of 67 is that it’s impossible to define,” the site’s statement reads. “It’s meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical.” The press release continued, “67 shows the speed at which a new word can rocket around the world as a rising generation enters the global conversation.” 67 represents a generation fluent in irony, where words don’t need clarity to connect people. The Other Contenders This year’s shortlist was all about creativity. Words like Aura Farming, Broligarchy, Tradwife, Tariff and Overtourism made the cut. But another standout contender? The dynamite emoji, which is also written as TNT. It blew up after Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement, becoming a symbol of their explosive love story. Still, nothing quite captured the absurd spirit of the internet like 67.
