Gen X vs. that “6-7” thing you heard about

Society’s latest sign of the apocalypse (Kidding… Mostly)

You know how every generation gets one moment where they stop, look around, and think, Ah yes, this is when civilization started circling the drain.

For Boomers, maybe it was the birth of MTV.

For Millennials, it was when Starbucks introduced 13 different kinds of milk.

For Gen X?

Well, how much time do you have?

But let’s just skip to kids yelling “6-7!” for no discernible reason.

Yes, welcome to 2025, where Dictionary.com has officially named “6-7” the Word of the Year, despite the fact that it is very much not a word.

I’m sure I’m stuck in a nightmare.

So what does “6-7” mean?

Short answer: nothing.

Long answer: also nothing, just louder.

The phrase comes from the rap song “Doot Doot (6-7)” by Skrilla, which is a track so aggressively bad it should be considered auditory vandalism. That song, unfortunately, went viral on TikTok, and suddenly kids everywhere started shouting “6-7!” like they just cracked the Da Vinci Code.

Except instead of a secret, they found… just two numbers.

No context.

No meaning.

Just Gen Alpha brain-rot energy on full display.

Congratulations, society… you did it. 🎉

Why Gen X Can’t Handle This

We come from the era of:

• Take a chill pill (sound advice)

• As if! (peak sarcasm)

• Whatever (the national Gen X motto)

• Bogus (still relevant, actually)

Our slang had… intent.

It was rebellious. Dry. Sarcastic.

We weaponized “whatever” with the power of shoulder shrugs.

We didn’t yell random numbers like we were NPCs glitching in a Nintendo cartridge.

If we heard someone screaming “6-7!” in the 80s, we’d have assumed:

• They were calling out a dodgeball court lineup

• They misheard an emergency code

• They were having a BASIC programming crisis on their Commodore 64

Origins of the Nonsense

It started with a TikTok audio. Then some high-schooler screamed “6-7!” during a basketball game, while gesturing with his hands in a way that made him even more annoying. Then a 6’ 7” pro basketball player referenced it. There are a few more rabbit holes I won’t bore you with… but then… then the internet did what it always does.

Now kids say it as a reply to:

“How are you?” 👉 6-7

“What’s that mean?” 👉 6-7

“Why?” 👉 6-7

This is language now.

Shakespeare walked so TikTok Alpha could grunt and throw integers at us.

Light at the End of the Dial-Up Tunnel

Look… it’s stupid. Hilariously stupid. But harmless.

Every generation gets nonsense slang:

Gen X had “psych!”
Gen Z had “yeet”
Gen Alpha has… a math problem they refuse to solve

We survived the Satanic Panic, the Cold War, dial-up, Blockbuster late fees, Garbage Pail Kids bans, Y2K Armageddon, and drinking from garden hoses.

We can survive two random numbers masquerading as language.

Still… if the trend could go away before we reach retirement age, that’d be tubular.

So… what do we do with this generation?

Somewhere, right now, a kid is shouting “6-7!” into the void, and a Gen Xer is staring at them like they just announced they’re investing their allowance in NFT beanie babies.

I suppose there’s nothing we can do, really. But here’s a joke:

Kid: Do you know what 6-7 is?

Me: No… but I know 6 is afraid of 7 because 789 ;)

Stay strong, fellow latchkey legends.

We were raised for this chaos.

Now go blast some Duran Duran and reclaim your sanity!

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