Dictionary.com's 2025 word of the year, '67,' means nothing and everything at once

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Dictionary.com has crowned a set of numbers as its 2025 word of the year.

It says it reserves that distinction for a word that reflects "social trends and global events that defined that year" and "reveals the stories we tell about ourselves and how we've changed over the year." The word of the year is both viral vernacular and a linguistic time capsule (last year's, for example, was " demure ").

This year, that honor goes to "67" — pronounced "six seven" — a slang term that's been delighting kids, exasperating teachers and befuddling adults for months.

It has its roots in the song "Doot Doot (6 7)" , which Philadelphia-based rapper Skrilla released last December.

"The way that switch brrt, I know he dyin' … 6-7, I just bipped right on t