Tired of hearing “6-7” all the time from your teens? You’re in luck … kind of. A new phrase has popped up that experts say is going to replace the nonsensical slang term: “41.” But it’s poised to be just as annoying as the first one.
What Is 6-7?
As a quick refresher, 6-7 is a slang term that doesn’t really mean anything — it’s just something teens (and tweens!) like to say as often as they can.
In a previous interview with our SheKnows Teen Council, 16-year-old Gary explained it like this: “Okay, so six-seven, to be kind of broad, it’s just two numbers that you say to be funny. It’s like in any situation, you’d be like, ‘well, how many times you do this?’ You could say ‘six, seven,’” he said.
It started from a song by a rapper named Skrilla, who said “6-7” in the lyrics and a clip fro