For a Word of the Year, this selection might be kind of so-so. Or it might be completely meaningless.

Welcome to the slang term 6-7, selected by dictionary.com as its Word of the Year for 2025 .

Anyone who has spent time around elementary or middle-school-aged children likely has heard them say “6-7″ and then respond with an up-down motion with their hands, suggesting either-or.

What does it mean and where did it come from? It seems no one is really sure, and that includes the folks who named it the Word of the Year.

“If you’re a member of Gen Alpha, however, maybe you’re smirking at the thought of adults once again struggling to make sense of your notoriously slippery slang,” a news release from dictionary.com says. “And if it’s a surprise to you that 6-7 (pronounced “six-seven”) is

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