1 p.m. Oct. 31, 2025: This story updated with additional comment. If you’ve spent any time around kids, teenagers or the internet in the last year, you’ve probably heard the phrase 67. Kids randomly ...

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It’s rare for a dictionary to claim that a word has no definition. But that’s what Dictionary.com said about its recently announced word of the year: “67,” pronounced “six-seven,” the slang term that ...

Each year, Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year serves as “a linguistic time capsule, reflecting social trends and global events that defined the year.” The site’s lexicographers analyzed the data, ...

Dictionary.com’s 2025 word of the year isn’t technically a word. It’s “6-7” — a viral phrase that teenagers can’t stop repeating and adults can’t seem to make sense of. The expression, which exploded ...

Six-seven or 6 7? Either way, the phrase popular among school-age children has been announced as Dictionary.com’s 2025 word of the year. The expression exploded online this year among members of ...

It’s all over the internet, in classrooms — and now, it’s the word of the year. On Wednesday, Dictionary.com announced “67” (also written as "6-7" or "six-seven") as its word of the year for 2025. The ...

The winning word "has all the hallmarks of brainrot," according to the website Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years.

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(CNN) – Dictionary.com has announced its word of the year: 67, pronounced as six-seven. It’s a slang phrase that’s widely used by the Gen Alpha age group. Six-seven has ties to rapper Skrilla’s song ...

Dictionary.com has crowned 67, pronounced "six-seven", as its word of the year. The word has become a viral sensation among school students and social media users. It beat other contenders, including ...