What started as a meme has now become the Word of the Year for 2025 .

Yes, the phrase “6 7” — pronounced by kids far and wide as “six SEHV-un” — was crowned this week as Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year.

“6 7 shows the speed at which a new word can rocket around the world as a rising generation enters the global conversation,” Dictionary.com wrote in its announcement.

Tell a tween or teen that 6 7 has earned this distinction, and they’re likely to say something like:

“6 7!”

The phrase 6 7 has little or no meaning, but kids say it — sometimes incessantly — to reference the meme or to highlight it in real-life situations and conversations.

“It’s meaningless, ubiquitous and nonsensical,” Dictionary.com wrote. ”In other words, it has all the hallmarks of brainrot. It’s the logical e

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