(NEXSTAR) — Just when you thought your children had moved on from saying things like “skibidi” and “demure” and “sigma,” now they may be throwing around a new slang term: “6-7.”

Sometimes written as “67” but pronounced “six seven” and frequently said while alternating between lifting your hands, palms up, in a sort of juggling or weighing motion, the slang unsurprisingly originated on the internet.

LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets and rapper Skrilla are given some of the credit for the new lingo.

In his December 2024 song “Doot Doot (6 7),” Skrilla says, “6-7, I just bipped right on the highway.”

The song was soon used during fan-made videos compiling clips of Ball. Coming in at an NBA average 6’7” tall, Ball has garnered a youth following thanks in part to the swag (to use a bit o

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