Word Savvy

Who's Pulling Your Vocabulary Strings?


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Recently Dictionary dot com announced their pick for the 2025 Word of the Year and I don’t think I’m the only one who is a little confused by their choice.  It’s actually a number - 6 7.

I know what 10-4 means, but what does 6 7 mean? 

That’s a great question and the origin is a bit fuzzy.  It could be a reference to a song or a viral TikTok.  The sing-songy numerals are usually paired with upturned palms alternately moving up and down.  It is sometimes a response meaning ‘so-so’ or ‘this or that’.  But often it is just repeated randomly, usually by the Gen Alpha crowd.
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Word SavvyBy Megan Cantrill and LaRue Roth