Go ahead and roll your eyes. Shrug your shoulders Or may be juggle your hands in the air.

Dictionary.com word of they year is not really  a word of year is not even really a word.

Its the viral term 6-7 that kids and teenagers can not stop repeating and laughing about parent and teachers can not make sense of.

The word if you can call it that exploded in famous over the summer.

Its more of inside joke with unclear meaning driven by social media.

Dictionary.com says its annual selection is linguistic time capsuel reflecting social trend and events.

The site admitted it too is bit confused by 6-7.

Why is it word of the year?

Dictionary.com says it looks for words influence how we talk with each other and communicate online.

The site source search engines headlines social media trends in making its choice.

Online searches for 6-7 took off over the summer it said slowed growing by six times since June.

The Word of the Year is not about famous usage it opens up the stories we tell about ourselves and how we have change over the year.

How has the rest of the world responded?

Parents and teachers have created their own videos attempting to explain the sensation.

Teachers have banned it influencers and kid psyschologist have attemptin to make sense of it.

Tips on how to stop their kids from repeating it all day long.

So what does 6-7 mean?

The real answer is no one knows.

Sometimes it depends on whos on receiving end of 6-7.

Even how to write 6-7 is up for debate is it 6 7 or six seven?

According to Dictionary.com the phrase could mean so so or may be this may be that when combined with juggling hands gesture.

Merriam Webster calls its nonsensical expression used by teens and tweens.

Its meaning less nonsensical.

It has hallmarks brainrot Dictionary.com said.

It remain meaningful to people who use it because of connection it fosters.

How did 6-7 become a thing?

Seems to trace back to rapper Skrilla song from 2024 called Doot Doot 6-7.

Song started appearing in TikTok video with basketball player consisting of NBA LaMelo Ball who stands 6 foot 7

The 6-7 kid shouted phrase while other kid next to him juggles his hand in video that went viral this year.

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Dictionary.com says

Perhap the most defining feature of 67 is that is impossible to define

In other words the  defining world of the year has no real meaning or defintion.

“67 changed from negative thing to positive” he said

“Its millions of other things for other people. Everybody got they own meaning to it” cause i never put a real meaning on it”

Ball the 6 foot 7 basketball player struggle to define it when asked in september TikTok.

Lindsay addedd he has gotten countless mesaages from parents who have connected with their kids over 6-7 and have able to have meaningful chat as results.

He hopes other embrace it similarly.

“Every trending meme or word is connection point between adults and the adolescents in their life he adds.

“My advie is know what is going on and use it to bridge gaps with kids in your life.

Dictionary.com says the terms meaning lies in connection it fosters.

It has basic one mega inside joke at least for participant a certain age.

“67 is meaningless in content but it not meaningless in feeling.

Think about when you were a kid. What more powerful than feeling like you belong?”