# 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:** 4
**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 14, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/61 "2025-11-14T02:05:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > What hand motion? Hands in front of you, palms up, going slightly up and down like you’re weighing two grapefruit. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/62 "2025-11-14T02:54:21Z")
The only reason I’m familiar with the term 6-7 is because it was on a recent episode of South Park and I didn’t get the apparently very meta joke of Cartman tricking adults into saying “6 7” and then laughing while they stare in confusion. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/63 "2025-11-14T03:40:42Z")
The whole thing sounds real George. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/64 "2025-11-14T03:49:11Z")
Let’s all go throw sixes in the seven. ---
**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 14, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/65 "2025-11-14T05:05:40Z")
I dug their rap. My mamma didn’t raise no dummy. ---
**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 14, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/66 "2025-11-14T06:05:46Z")
I wonder if there is any relation to the old expression “at sixes and sevens”. ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/67 "2025-11-14T06:21:05Z")
When my Grandson does this crap, I give him the punchline to the old joke “why was 6 afraid of 7?” Because 7 ate 9. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/68 "2025-11-14T07:15:49Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > You’re old enough to have seen this show, but if you blinked too long, you probably missed it. Ran for five unfunny episodes. First place I ever heard “No soap, radio.” > > [No Soap, Radio (TV series) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Soap,_Radio_(TV_series)) That’s not the origin of the phrase, though. It says in the link, but for more detail: A monkey and an elephant are taking a bath. The elephant says, “Pass the soap.” The monkey says “No soap, radio.” And everyone laughs except the one person being played. They’re supposed to _pretend_ to get it, then get laughed at because, dummy, _it doesn’t mean anything!_ Which brings us back to 6, 7. ---
**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 14, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/69 "2025-11-14T07:26:25Z")
Here’s a Wikipedia entry about it: > **[No soap radio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_soap_radio)** > > "No soap radio" is a form of practical joke and an example of surreal comedy. The joke is a prank whereby the punch line has no relation to the body of the joke, but participants in the prank pretend otherwise. The effect is either to trick someone into laughing along as if they "get it" or to ridicule them for not understanding. > The joke became popular in New York in the 1950s. The punch line is known for its use as a basic sociological and psychological experiment, specifically relating to mob... ---
**Author:** ![Nyvaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nyvaak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nyvaak)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/70 "2025-11-14T08:07:19Z")
> [@pirviii](#): > > I give him the punchline to the old joke “why was 6 afraid of 7?” > > Because 7 ate 9. That’s one of my favorite riddles to ask young kids. Recently, though, one of them surprised me. When I asked it, he replied, “because Six knew that Seven was after him.” I think that’s a way better answer. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/71 "2025-11-14T11:01:39Z")
Just realized 67 is a prime number. It is the 19th prime number, and 19 is also a prime number. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/72 "2025-11-14T11:09:15Z")
It’s so great how kids these days honor the Summer of Love! ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/73 "2025-11-14T14:00:23Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > That’s not the origin of the phrase, though. I just mean, he could have seen the TV show, and then would have “heard of” the phrase. It was neither new, nor funny, in 1982. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/74 "2025-11-14T14:28:17Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Just realized 67 is a prime number. It is the 19th prime number, and 19 is also a prime number. Now just make up explanations for what those numbers mean and you’re halfway to creating your own religion. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/75 "2025-11-14T14:32:09Z")
We need to fight back. Anytime, you hear a young person say 67, you should respond by singing _"-5309. Jenny, I got your number._ Hey, I didn’t know you kids liked that song." I guarantee this will kill 67 within a week. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/76 "2025-11-14T14:32:35Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > > > Just realized 67 is a prime number. It is the 19th prime number, and 19 is also a prime number. > > Now just make up explanations for what those numbers mean and you’re halfway to creating your own religion. 6 and 7 add to 13, which is a prime number, and 67 is the 13th prime after 13. Whoa… I think those gummies just kicked in. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/77 "2025-11-14T15:22:58Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > I miss “23-skidoo.” 54-40 or fight! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/78 "2025-11-14T15:39:10Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > You’re old enough to have seen this show, but if you blinked too long, you probably missed it > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > that aired on ABC on Thursdays from April 15 until May 13, 1982. There was a distinct lack of televisions at boot camp.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/79 "2025-11-14T15:41:33Z")
CBS Sunday Morning on 6-7: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fr-PsMwnAlQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Faith Salie’s middle-aged take on the viral “6-7” meme #shorts") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr-PsMwnAlQ) Brian ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/80 "2025-11-14T15:56:01Z")
Helpful summary - thanks. (Also surely a death knell!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825.md?page=5)