In schools from middle grades to high school, the phrase has become a running interruption.
Students blurt “six, seven” at the slightest numeric cue even when reading page numbers or solving simple equations.
Educators say the disruption is nearly constant. “The numbers six and seven are making life hell for math teachers,” one report bluntly put it.
Many teachers refuse to call “Page 67” or say “six” or “seven” aloud.
Some classrooms have responded with bans.
Others try fighting fire with fire: teachers intentionally overuse “six, seven” until the joke loses appeal.
One teacher publicly threatened to call parents after a student used it “6–7 times” a day.
So why this particular pair of numbers?
The phrase began gaining attraction when rapper Skrilla released Doot Doot (6 7) in late 2024.
His lyric includes “6-7, I just bipped right on the highway,” a line that resonated in remixed videos.
Then came basketball edits. Video mashups pairing Skrilla’s track with highlights of LaMelo Ball (who is 6’7″) boosted the phrase’s visibility.
An AAU clip of a young boy shouting “six, seven” in the stands (nicknamed the “67 Kid”) pushed the meme further into youth culture.
By the time the meme hit classrooms, it had become intentionally absurd.
According to Forbes,
“There is no real meaning to it … it is a number that is fun to say … and it just doesn’t mean anything.”
As another commentator put it, the phrase is “purposefully puzzling” a linguistic glitch turned inside joke.
Still, alternative theories persist. Some users have speculated “6, 7” may tie to police radio codes, specifically “10-67,” which relates to reports of deaths.
But even those claims are tenuous. Experts and creators alike admit the meme’s meaning remains undefined.
In short: “six, seven” is a meme without a message. As one viral educator, Mr. Lindsay, put it:
“So, all of this to say, ‘six seven’ is just a reference to a meme … it just doesn’t mean anything.”
What started as a lyric line, then a sports edit, has been repurposed by Gen Z and Gen Alpha into a classroom refrain.
Its power lies not in meaning, but in how meaningless it is.
Teachers may ban it, but for now the phrase survives by being delightfully, emphatically pointless.
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