6-7 trend: There was a time when adults seemed extremely puzzled about Gen Z slang. But it looks like Gen Alpha has taken over that task since the 6-7 trend, two numbers in sequence, were declared as Dictionary.Com’s word of the year. Leaving parents and teachers in a fit, marketing maveriks leaped at the opportunity of another campaign. However, as trends go, it looks like the 6-7 trend is officially dead.
While the exact origin of 6-7 in unclear, it is said to be Gen Alpha’s version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’s ’42’ a philosophical or universal answer to every problem in the world. Some say that it comes from rapper Skrilla’s creation or the ‘Doot Doot’ song. However, 6-7 has a much lighter connotation, and more often than not carries essentially no meaning in the English language.
What is ’67’?
If 6-7 was the joke, 67 is what came after it. Not a new trend exactly, but a leftover that Gen Alpha uses ironically—or just to confuse everyone else. ‘67’ doesn’t have a fixed meaning, and that’s intentional. It pops up as a response to almost anything: a teacher asking a question, a friend asking for plans, or a random comment online. The answer? “67.”
It works like digital filler, somewhere between a shrug and an eye roll, signalling boredom, irony, or playful refusal to explain. Unlike trends that come with lore or rules, 67 thrives on meaninglessness. By the time adults and brands started decoding 6-7, Gen Alpha had already moved on.
Is the ‘6-7’ a thing left behind in 2025?
6-7, today, is mostly seen as a dying trend. As Internet theories blame the corporate for co-opting the term, several boomers have faced the backlash. Several brands, like Pizza Hut and Domino’s hopped on to this trend for their marketing campaigns, but mom-fluencers tirelessly created content around their children ‘being obsessed with 6-7’. In fact, ‘RIP 67’ is a commonly used phrase in comments across social media platforms.
The overexposure and over-usage triggered a tsunami of memes where people were actually getting annoyed by ’67’. ABC News reported in 2025 that ’67 has come to a massive full-stop’. while TikTok teaching influencers shared how ’67’ was being eye-rolled at in classrooms. A viral post on X (formerly Twitter) from a teacher even shared that she had banned ’67’ in her classroom as their students began saying ’69’ – an innuendo of the past – commonly used by millennials.
Joining the category of ‘brain rot’, 67 became more popular than AI-slop taking the Internet into a downward spiral of bizarre trends.
