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				India, Oct. 31 -- If you have heard a kid mutter "six-seven" lately and had no clue what they meant, you are not alone. Dictionary.com has officially crowned 67 as its 2025 Word of the Year - and the choice is already dividing generations. The announcement dropped on October 29, and it is literally the number 67. Not sixty-seven, but "six-seven."
What does '67' mean?
The word has become a staple in Gen Alpha slang, turning up in reels, memes, and classrooms across the country.
Dictionary.com explained that the trend traces back to a song titled "Doot Doot (6 7)" by artist Skrilla. From there, it snowballed. A string of viral videos featuring basketball players and a kid now nicknamed the "67 Kid" helped push it into mainstream slang. "Within weeks, teachers were trading tips online about how to get their students to stop saying 67 all day long," the site's press release read.
No one actually agrees on what "67" means. Dictionary.com described it as "so-so" or "maybe this, maybe that."
But the platform admitted the term's power lies in its vagueness. "The most defining feature of 67 is that it's impossible to define. It's meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical," the statement said. Yet, that absurdity seems to be the point. The word connects a generation that speaks in irony, humor, and digital shorthand.
"67 shows the speed at which a new word can rocket around the world as a rising generation enters the global conversation," the release continued....
		
			
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