A jack-o-lantern carved with 6-7 at a jack-o-lantern event in Toronto in 2025. By Chicken4War on Wikimedia.

Throughout the year, schools have been flooded with students shouting ‘6-7!’ while waving their hands up and down. 6-7 is one of the most popular memes and has been trending since February 18th of 2025.

The meme originally started at the beginning of 2025, with the release of the rapper Skrilla’s song “Doot Doot (6 7).” The tune is two minutes of him repeatedly rapping “six seven” after every lyric. The song broke into mainstream success and further solidified its popularity through TikTok and Instagram reels, which featured basketball player LaMelo Ball, who is 6’7’’. A TikTok video featuring a boy with shaggy blonde hair wearing a white hoodie has gone viral for saying the word “6-7” with his hands going up and down.

This meme doesn’t seem like it will die down anytime soon, as it has really invaded the world. Many people at different schools have recreated the 6-7 meme, which has led some schools to even ban the slang craze; pop culture also seems to reference the 6-7 meme. For example, Sesame Street updated its new Funko Pop design of The Count holding 6-7; the meme was later featured on an episode of the animated series “South Park” in season 28. According to dictionary.com, 6-7 is the word of the year, and even Clash Royale added a 6-7 emote after its Instagram account reached 6.7 million followers.

Some schools are banning the 6-7 meme because of the slang being overused and causing “distractions” to teachers and other students. “We are not saying the word ‘6-7’ anymore; if you do, you have to write a 67-word essay,” user MRS_TEACHER_MOM37 said on TikTok. Kaitlyn, a seventh-grade math teacher, said she hears the 6-7 meme all the time. She said in an interview with “TODAY” that she and other teachers joined together to ban the slang.

After months of viral chaos, many are still asking one question: what does 6-7 actually mean? Nothing. It’s just another example of slang over the years that makes parents wonder, ‘What are up with these kids today?’ 35% of parents struggle to understand their kids’ vocabulary, and 56% of kids find it embarrassing when teachers, parents, or other adults use this slang. What’s crazier is that the Cambridge dictionary even added the words “6-7” to their long list of vocabulary, as well as some other slang words from this generation.