“6-7” (also spelt “67” or “six-seven”) has been declared the 2025 Dictionary.com word of the year.
The term is “impossible to define,” dictionary.com stated, adding that it is a “classic brainrot slang” and is “purposefully nonsensical and all about being in on the absurdity.”
“It’s meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical. In other words, it has all the hallmarks of brainrot.”
“It’s the logical endpoint of being perpetually online, scrolling endlessly, consuming content fed to users by algorithms trained by other algorithms,” the website stated.
The term “6-7,” pronounced “six-seven,” is reportedly usually delivered by Gen Alpha while raising one upturned palm at a time.
Other sources state that “6-7” can mean “so-so,” “maybe this, maybe that,” or even “nothing at all.”
It is “one of the first words of the year that works as an interjection,” according to Dictionary Media Group director of lexicography Steve Johnson.
According to Johnson, the phrase is representative of the brainrot culture that has spread throughout the real world and the internet.
“Few slang terms have captured the cultural mood of 2025 quite like 67. It’s part inside joke, part social signal and part performance,” Johnson stated.
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The origin of the term
This year, the phrase quickly became well-known.
In October 2025 alone, “6-7” was used six times more frequently in digital media than it was on average in 2024, according to Dictionary.com.
Over two million posts with the hashtag #67 have been uploaded on Tiktok in the past year, with a noticeable increase in usage over the past few months, according to TikTok’s data.
Although the origin of the term is not exactly clear, it is frequently linked to Skrilla’s 2024 song “Doot Doot (6 7)” and to viral video edits of NBA player LaMelo Ball, who is well-known for being six feet and seven inches tall.
Earlier this month, the term even made an appearance in a South Park episode.
Words that made it to the shortlist
In order to choose the 2025 Word of the Year, dictionary.com’s lexicographers looked at headlines, social media trends, search engine results, and other sources, to find words that had an influence on our online and offline interactions.
Other words that made it into the website’s shortlist are: “agentic,” which was used to describe “technologies that can perform tasks autonomously and make independent decisions.”
“Aura farming” which “refers to the practice of intentionally developing one’s presence or vibe.”
“Broligarchy” which is “a blend of bro and oligarchy,” notably used around Donald Trump’s January inauguration.
“Clanker” which was “commonly used to deride AI systems, chatbots, and other nonhuman technologies.”
Other considerations were “Gen Z stare” which “refers to a blank or expressionless look often attributed to members of Generation Z, particularly in workplace or retail settings,” “kiss cam” which was used as “shorthand for public exposure and digital schadenfreude,” “overtourism,” “tariff,” and “tradwife,” short for “traditional wife.”
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Geoffrey H. Latayan 
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