# ­xkcd thread

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** comic-strips\
**Created:** [May 28, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574 "2020-05-28T00:57:03Z")\
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I expect most of us in this thread already know this, but we have a dedicated thread on the “6-7” phenomenon:

> [@Social Spread of Slang Term “6-7”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825):
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> My nephews of twelve and ten in Southern California fllippantly joke about a statement of an evenly-keeled circumstance as a stated “6-7.” The usage seems to be derived from the Net somehow. Is that common with middle-schoolers where you live?

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