# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/101 "2025-12-11T16:09:16Z")
It means the plur1bus virus is taking hold. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/102 "2025-12-11T16:16:15Z")
The ASL sign for “maybe” is similar to the 6 7 hand gesture. My hard of hearing grandson is getting a lot of mileage out of that when he comes over. I’m tired of this now… ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/103 "2025-12-11T16:50:54Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > So at least around here, that appears to be the dividing line - somewhere around 7th/8th grade. I disagree, it’s actually somewhere around 6-7th grade. Woaaahhh!! ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/104 "2025-12-11T17:35:19Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > 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. Since the thread’s been bumped anyway, I’ll post an update. In-N-Out has removed order 67 from their ticketing system. The article mentioned that they also removed 69, but IIRC they did that a long time ago. I guess order 68 is all by itself now. > **[In-N-Out removes number 67 from menu after being mobbed by teens due to 6-7...](https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/in-n-out-burger-67-number-ban-menu-trend-b2881514.html)** > > An employee at a Los Angeles store said that the number was removed a month ago ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/105 "2025-12-11T17:39:44Z")
Last night I was watching an old episode of The Mentalist. Long story, but a plot point was that the husband had 7 keys on his key ring and his wife had 6. I had to do a “6-7”, just to be annoying (playfully). ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/106 "2025-12-11T17:43:52Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I guess order 68 is all by itself now. Until it gets 86ed. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/107 "2025-12-11T18:01:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If a kid says ‘6-7’, reply with ‘4-2!’ That’s the answer. No, the latest (and, yes, I’m serious) is 41. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/108 "2025-12-12T00:23:00Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > No, like literally any time they possibly can, in real life. In my experience, they never just say it out of the blue. But they’re hyper-attuned to whenever it does show up. The other day, I had my students working on a sample problem involving logarithms. I told them to round the answer to two decimal places. Because I saw at a glance that the answer was going to be 5/3. I could tell who had finished the problem by tracking the laughter moving around the room. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/109 "2025-12-12T00:48:26Z")
Here’s a quick 30-second video of a bunch of kids in the stands _losing their minds_ when the basketball team scored 67 in a rout: > **[Fans break out viral ‘6-7’ dance after Auburn drops 67 points - ESPN Video](https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/46955088)** ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/110 "2025-12-12T01:00:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I could tell who had finished the problem by tracking the laughter moving around the room. Dayum but that’s cute. I don’t know a better word for it. Kids can be so … kidly. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/111 "2025-12-12T01:24:20Z")
That is cute. Out of curiosity, how old are these kids? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/112 "2025-12-12T01:30:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The other day, I had my students working on a sample problem involving logarithms. I told them to round the answer to two decimal places. Because I saw at a glance that the answer was going to be 5/3. A little help? > A logarithm that has the answer of 5/3 is the logarithm of 32 with base 8. Converting 32 base 8 to base 10 is 26. Where does ‘6 7’ come in? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/113 "2025-12-12T01:43:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Where does ‘6 7’ come in? 5 / 3 = 1.67 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/114 "2025-12-12T01:46:00Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I told them to round the answer to two decimal places. Ah. I actually did do the division and came out with 1⅔, or 1.66666666667. Didn’t click. I missed the ‘two decimals’ bit. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/115 "2025-12-12T05:04:37Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I could tell who had finished the problem by tracking the laughter moving around the room. All except for Bart [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gSFd_2oJgak/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AGMBYAC4AOKAgwIABABGC4gRih_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLBbTvS-qpo1AhFNHPFejW57hgjiaQ "RDRR (The Simpsons)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSFd_2oJgak) ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/116 "2025-12-12T15:57:31Z")
Here’s a link to the best explanation of the origins of the term I’ve come across. This is from the podcast series Lexicon Valley. (The podcast was hosted by John McWhorter for several years, but now John is taking a break, so the originators Mike and Bob are back). Short version: 67th street in Philadelphia is included in song by a rapper named Skrilla → A highly rated high school basketball player named Taylen Kinney (and fan of Skrilla) makes a video rating a Starbucks drink “6 7” → finally it goes viral, when a random middle schooler named Maverick Travilian makes a video (while watching an average school basketball game) and says it, not really referencing anything in particular other than the Kinney video (the connecting thread simply being “basketball”). > **[Lexicon Valley | 6 7: Everything You Don't Know About the Word of the Year](https://lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon-valley-from-booksmart-studios-1/6-7-everything-you-don-t-know-about-the-word-of-the-year)** ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/117 "2025-12-12T16:16:12Z")
It’s fun until someone gets hurt: > **[6.7 magnitude quake strikes off northern Japan coast days after larger...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/6-7-magnitude-earthquake-northern-japan-coast-local-tsunami-advisory/)** > > Friday's 6.7 magnitude earthquake brought only small waves, but came just days after a larger temblor in the same region that left dozens injured. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/118 "2025-12-12T16:17:42Z")
Much as the Columbine High School massacre, the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and the birth of Hitler all happened on 4/20. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/119 "2025-12-12T16:17:45Z")
So it sounds like it really did get started as the new word for “meh”. “How’s the coffee? It’s 6 7. Kinda bland.” But then it just turned into a fun gag where folks (kids mostly) go wild when the new “meh” happens to be mentioned in other contexts. And being two of the 10 digits, “6 7” will occur rather more often than say “meh-taphysics”. Kind of like how Gomez Addams goes wild when Tish speaks French. It’s fun just because it’s pointless and it’s pointless because it’s only fun. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825/120 "2025-12-13T13:39:16Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > That is cute. Out of curiosity, how old are these kids? Algebra II, so mostly 10th and 11th grade. And yes, the problem was log8(32), but they were doing it via the change-of-base formula, so they were going to get a decimal answer. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Kind of like how Gomez Addams goes wild when Tish speaks French. It’s fun just because it’s pointless and it’s pointless because it’s only fun. Eh, that one caught on mostly because those two had the best on-screen chemistry of any romantic couple in the history of screens. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825.md?page=7)