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Dictionary.com names '6-7' as 2025 Word of the Year. Here's what it really means.

The online dictionary announced on Oct. 29 that its Word of the Year is "6-7" (also "six-seven" and "67"), a slang phrase popularly used by Gen Alpha. While some interpret the phrase to mean "so-so" or "maybe this, maybe that," it is also used as an exclamation, according to a Dictionary.com news release.

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What does 6-7 mean? Dictionary.com defines slang term as 2025's word of the year

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Dictionary.com picks "67," a "nonsensical and playfully absurd" slang term, as the 2025 word of the year

"67" is an ambiguous slang term made popular by Gen Alpha on social media and in middle schools across the country.

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