Teachers are banning the slang “67” — and disciplining students who breach the rule.

“I’ve been teaching for 20 years and I’ve dealt with all sorts of slang — nothing has driven me crazier than this one,” Adria Laplander, a sixth-grade language arts teacher in Michigan, tells TODAY.com.

Laplander is now imposing consequences for students who say it, along with its accompanying “juggling” hand gesture.

WHAT IS “67?”

“Six seven (or 67 or 6 7, etc.) is a nonsensical expression used especially by teens and tweens that is connected to a rap song and also to a 6’ 7” tall basketball player,” according to Merriam-Webster.

Written as the number “67” but pronounced as “6-7,” kids say it as a response, a space filler or whenever the words “six” and “seven” are logically, or even spontaneously, p

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