A few months ago, my son came home from school looking completely fed up.

“Mum,” they said, “there are two boys in my class who will not stop saying ‘six-seven.’”

He dragged it out with dramatic flair — “Siiiix-seveeeen” — and even just hearing it made me want to roll my eyes. Over the next few weeks, the updates kept coming: the boys were still doing it, still saying it, still driving everyone crazy.

Eventually, I had to know what on earth it meant. So I went on a quiet little investigation — a stealth mission into the world of schoolyard trends — and what I found was both hilarious and slightly concerning.

Apparently, this nonsense phrase isn’t just bouncing around one classroom. It’s a global phenomenon.

The Strange Spread of “Six-Seven”

Across the world, kids are yelling “six

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