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The ‘6-7’ meme can be annoying. But kids are shouting it for good reason

“6-7,” pronounced “six-seveeeeen,” is haunting school halls across the country (including South Park Elementary), making it the Gen Alpha nonsense phrase of the moment. Kids are shouting it in classrooms when a teacher turns to page 67, when lunchtime is 6 to 7 minutes away or for no reason at all.

“It’s like a plague — a virus that has taken over these kids’ minds,” said Gabe Dannenbring, a seventh-grade science teacher in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. “You can’t say any iteration of the numbers 6 or 7 without having at least 15 kids yell, ‘6-7!’”

It’s a joke without a punchline (or a setup, for that matter). 6-7 means nothing, but using it can make a student feel like a member of a bigger, cooler group of their peers.

Kids are hollering ‘6-7’ in the classroom. Here’s what it means

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When Jennifer Trujillo first heard her middle school band students say “6-7” in class and explode with glee, she sought out the advice of an expert — her 15-year-old daughter.

Trujillo wanted to know what, exactly, her students were saying when they’d repeat the numbers and moved their hands in a juggling motion. Her daughter gave her an unsatisfactory reply: “Mom, nobody knows.”

And yet, the phrase “6-7” is being used by kids and teens seemingly everywhere. It’s gotten so maddening for adults that at least one school has banned the phrase “6-7.”

Why Are So Many Kids Saying ‘67?’ Viral TikTok Trend, Explained

Members of Generation Alpha are yelling the numbers “six, seven” everywhere from TikTok videos to classrooms, as the bizarre, meaningless viral meme—which comes from a popular song by the rapper Skrilla—rattles teachers and will be parodied in the upcoming episode of satirical cartoon “South Park.”

TikTok is flooded with videos of kids saying the numbers “six, seven,” or descending into a frenzy when they hear someone else say it, with more than 2 million posts using the hashtag #67, according to TikTok’s analytics.

TikTok’s analytics show usage of the hashtag #67 has spiked in September and October, possibly because of how usage of the viral internet meme has spiked in the classroom as students returned for the school year, with some teachers creating TikToks voicing frustration with the phrase or using the two numbers as a tactic to engage their students.

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