Reason why kids are shouting ‘6-7’ and what exactly it means

If you have kids in your family or work in a school, there's no doubt you will have heard the numbers '6-7' randomly blurted out within the last few months.

So far we've had children shouting '41,' while other newbie slang terms more widely used by teens include rizz, aura, and even skibidi - don't ask, we don't know either.

For better of worse, the internet is a never ending meme-machine, churning out viral content, trends, and new words every single day.

And of course, those most up-to-date on it are Gen Alpha children, while all of the adults around them have absolutely no idea what they're talking about.

It can be worrying for parents as it can sometimes feel like your kids are talking in an entirely different language that you don't understand.

So, what actually is '6-7', what does it mean and where did it come from? Here's everything you need to know.

If you have children in your life, there's no doubt you will have heard them shout '6-7' (Getty Stock Image)

The strange trend originates from a song called 'Doot Doot' by the rapper Skrilla, in which he repeats the lyric 'six-seven'. Groundbreaking.

According to Forbes, this soundbite was enough to go viral on multiple social media platforms, most notably TikTok.

So, teens then began making their own videos against the clip, particularly sharing videos of basketball players, including the 6ft7 inch tall Lamelo Ball with the song.

Another of the most notable TikToks is of a child at a basketball game yelling '6-7' into the camera.

As per The Guardian, somewhere along the lines, the shouting got accompanied by a hand gesture of two upturned palms rising and falling, like weighing scales.

Why? Again, no idea. And it seems like the kids don't either.

Essentially, it means nothing. It's become a fun nonsense phrase that children find hilarious because it means nothing, if that makes sense.

It's just some good old fashioned internet brain rot.

Teachers in particular are being left baffled by the new Gen Alpha phrase (Getty Stock Image)

The phrase has actually become such a phenomenon in America that it featured in a recent episode of South Park and teachers are claiming that the phrase has become a distraction that disrupts classrooms.

Adria Laplander, a sixth-grade language arts teacher in Michigan, told Today: "I’ve been teaching for 20 years and I’ve dealt with all sorts of slang - nothing has driven me crazier than this one."

The teacher has had to put a specific punishment in place for those who continue to yell the nonsense words.

She revealed: “We are not saying the words, ‘67’ anymore - if you do, you have to write a 67-word essay about ... what the word ‘67’ means. If you do it again, another 67-word essay.

"After five times, if you’re still saying, ‘67’ in this classroom, your essay is going to bop up to 670 words."

So in conclusion, it means absolutely nothing - hope that helps!

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