# Social Spread of Slang Term “6-7” **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825 "2025-11-13T10:18:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/21 "2025-11-13T14:57:38Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > It’s the answer to one of the great questions of the times: > > “What is woke?” > “6-7” Douglas Adams approves. Meanwhile, Skrilla himself is using interest in the meme **[to turn “Doot Doot” into his personal “You’re So Vain” or “American Pie”](https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/10/29/67-is-dictionarycoms-word-of-the-year-but-what-does-the-viral-phrase-mean/)**. > The phrase “six, seven,” is essentially meaningless, and Skrilla has admitted as much, telling the [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/six-seven-meme-teens-math-teachers-42764bcb): “I never put an actual meaning on it, and I still would not want to,” claiming the absence of meaning is “why everybody keeps saying it.” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/22 "2025-11-13T14:58:04Z")
I have a four year old grandson that says it. He has no more idea what it means than I do. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/23 "2025-11-13T15:10:41Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I wouldn’t call it garbage, actually I appreciate it when kids use some dadasque humor. When I was a kid I also had fun with silly and absurd word plays, and annoying the grown-ups was just a bonus. It’s the modern take on “no soap, radio”. (And i see i was Ninja’d by a few hours.) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/24 "2025-11-13T15:47:01Z")
Kids these days! I swear. It’s not that I feel kids shoudn’t have slang. Like every generation, we had our own slang. And like every generation, we knew our slang was cool and all the others were lame-o. It’s that _I want to be cool again_. And sadly, I know that’s not how this works. It’ll happen to you! ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/25 "2025-11-13T15:47:22Z")
The next time they say 6-7, reply 9,223,372,036,854,775,807. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/26 "2025-11-13T15:48:02Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Douglas Adams approves. 6x7 = 42 Coincidence? I think not. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/27 "2025-11-13T15:48:18Z")
It all fits! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/28 "2025-11-13T15:54:27Z")
My high school kids think it’s hilarious. The other day one of them asked how I was doing and I said “6-7” with the corresponding hand motion. They both looked at each other and laughed. My daughter told me that’s not how it’s used, but I objected. My son said it could be used like that “but…” And he didn’t have a good explanation. This then devolved into a five minute debate between the three of us (with me mostly trolling them) on how it’s used. No consensus between them other than that I shouldn’t be using it at all. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/29 "2025-11-13T16:12:41Z")
Living a kid-free life these days I’d not heard of it before this thread. So from the OP I was trying to suss out a possible meaning. My (mistaken) idea was that it stood for “Meh. On a scale of 1 to 10 I rate this [whatever] a 6 to 7. So acceptable I guess. Barely. Yawn.” You can see how that bored ennui-laden take on some humdrum lackluster event would really fit in with the current youthful zeitgeist. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/30 "2025-11-13T16:51:58Z")
I’m not 1337 enough to understand kids these days. They’d probably think I was L7 for even asking what the hell 6-7 means. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/31 "2025-11-13T17:41:06Z")
That’s the beauty of it, it doesn’t _mean_ anything! ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/32 "2025-11-13T17:49:41Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 Kids these days with their fancy 64 bit crap. Back in my day it was just 4,294,967,295, and we _liked_ it. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/33 "2025-11-13T17:53:01Z")
`0X7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF` to you, too! ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/34 "2025-11-13T17:58:56Z")
This reminds me of another term my kids put over my head. Apparently I can’t say ´tone it down’ anymore? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/35 "2025-11-13T18:13:04Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > My kid a year ago surprised the hell out of me when I was changing the station because I didn’t feel like listening to Freebird for the hundred billionth time. She stopped me with “wait, my favorite part is coming up!” Nothing to worry about, 'til she pulls out a lighter and starts waving it around. . > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > This then devolved into a five minute debate between the three of us (with me mostly trolling them)… Watch out. A mod could ban you from your family… ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/36 "2025-11-13T18:14:10Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > That’s the beauty of it, it doesn’t _mean_ anything! A few years ago there was a very successful comedian who did a TV show about nothing. Maybe these kids are on to something! ---
**Author:** ![raspberry\_hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/37 "2025-11-13T18:43:07Z")
My local high schooler reports hearing it since this summer, and my local upper elementary schooler has been hearing it since the beginning of the school year. One of his teachers also teaches middle schoolers and he says he is getting a ton of it. (Neither of my kids is the type to do that kind of thing, so I have not actually been hearing a lot of it at home, though when the numbers 6 and 7 came up at some point, my younger one was like, “So… have you heard about…”) ---
**Author:** ![FS65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@FS65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FS65)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/38 "2025-11-13T19:04:02Z")
You couldve saved me a google and given the alternative meaning; and damn my stupid company is blocking my attempt to google it! ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/39 "2025-11-13T19:07:03Z")
Apparently the 6-7 craze is causing headaches at In-N-Out Burger, where groups of teens are gathering simply to wait for the staff to call order 67, and making a big fuss when they do. [https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/6-7-meme-in-n-out-viral-21131696.php](https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/6-7-meme-in-n-out-viral-21131696.php) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/40 "2025-11-13T19:09:34Z")
It’s a dance move that looks like this: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Do_the_Dab.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Do_the_Dab.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825.md?page=3)