Kuala Lampur, Nov. 6 -- I first heard mention of "67" when Tottenham Hotspurs manager Thomas Frank was speaking about Spurs' defeat to Newcastle.

He said, "There were maybe 6.7... chances or shots produced during the match."

And I wouldn't have noticed his use of the two numbers if someone hadn't mentioned that it's unlikely Frank said that by accident and that he was doing a friendly shout-out to his 18-year old daughter.

I then asked some younger acquaintances of mine if they had heard of that phrase. Almost every one of them broke into some grin slash ugh look and told me, "Oh yeah it's a thing that's going around."

Interestingly enough no one I talked to appeared to "endorse" the usage of the slang; they knew where it came from an...