If you are a parent, a teacher or anyone who happens to encounter kids and teenagers on a regular basis, the following numbers are likely to strike fear into your heart: “6-7”.

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, lucky you. Usually spoken aloud and accompanied by a gesture like you’re weighing up two melons in either hand, it’s the latest slang term to take Gen Z and their younger cohorts, Gen Alpha, by storm. You’ll find “6-7” graffiti scratched into school desks and hear shouts of “6-7” disrupting school assemblies to the annoyance of headteachers everywhere. Even the olds (read: you and me) have caught on. Last month, it sealed its cultural relevance with the ultimate kudos: a mention on South Park.

Where did it come from? Well, you can trace the emergence of the meme ba

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