Cele|bitchy | Dictionary.com makes ’67’ the word of the year after they were asked not to

Ihave a sixth grader and a second grader. Over the past year or so, I’ve been subjected to a host of social media trends and phrases, like “brain rot,” “Skibidi toilet,” and, most recently, “6-7.” (To properly participate, you need to move your palms in an up-and-down “so-so” motion and chant, ”six, seeev-ven” in a singsong voice.) Every year, websites like Cambridge Dictionary, Dictionary.com, Oxford Dictionary and Merriam-Webster announce their “word of the year.” Past words have included “rizz” (Oxford Dictionary, 2023), “demure” (Dictionary.com, 2024) and “brain rot” (Oxford Dictionary, 2024). This year, the big winner of Dictionary.com’s Word of The Year was “six, seeev-ven” or just “67” officially. What a time to be alive.

Sorry, parents and teachers of middle schoolers: you