Over the past year, the meme 6-7 has been said all over the world. It began with the rap artist Skrilla who released a song called, “Doot Doot (6 7)”. The song wasn’t very well known until a popular young basketball player Taylen Kinney began making videos with the phrase “6-7” courtesy of Overtime, the social media group. Videos of Kinney rating things a “6-7 out of 10” began to go viral, and when he added a sequenced hand motion of his hands going up-and-down, it put the world in a choke hold.
Soon enough, kids on all social media platforms could not stop posting about 6-7. In fact, they posted so much about it that verified groups were making edits about players on their team. Most notably, the Charlotte Hornets would post about their 6′ 7″ Point Guard Lamelo Ball to the song made by Skrilla. Athletes eventually started to add the hand motion from “6-7” in their celebrations, most recently Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown after he scored a touchdown.
Then the day came that all English teachers were the most disappointed humans on the planet. Dictionary.com announced that “6-7” was the word of the year. Many questioned, including myself, if that was even considered a word? How could a number be the word of the year? I think that the announcement doesn’t make a whole lot of sense due to the logic of “6-7” not being a word. But, it will be remembered because of the oddities and the fact that two very common numbers that are sequential became the funniest pairing in number history.
What do you think? Should 6-7 have been awarded ‘word of the year’ or is the trend on its way out? Email us at [email protected] to share your thoughts.
