6-7 is Word of the Year 2025 — What it means and why it’s banned in schools

In a year defined by internet irony and digital overload, Dictionary.com has crowned 6 7 as its Word of the Year for 2025. The number has dominated social media, baffled parents, and even led to school bans — all while symbolising how language keeps mutating in the age of algorithms and memes. But what does it really mean when a number becomes the world’s most talked-about “word”?

What does 6 7 mean?

The short answer: no one really knows — and that’s the point. Also Read | Word of the Year 2025: Dictionary.com picks viral phrase ‘6-7’ as winner

Ask a teenager, “How was school today?” and you might hear a deadpan, “67.”

For those in the know, it’s part of a new online vernacular — a kind of secret handshake for the chronically online. And if you’ve already adopted its spinoffs,