What does 6-7 mean? Viral trend 'banned from classrooms' explained as parents baffled

It's banned from classrooms up and down the country, and parents are officially fed up with it, yet equally unsure of what it actually means. But what exactly is the viral 6-7 trend? Parents are desperately taking to forum platforms such as Mumsnetto ask whether other people's teenagers are saying it, wondering whether it's something they "shouldn't be saying".

"Are your teen boys spouting this 6-7 nonsense? I work in a secondary school and it’s driving me bonkers!" one woman fumed. Another responded: "Aaaaargh, yes, I feel your pain. We banned it at the dinner table. Inspired by them telling us their teachers had banned it at school".

Others said that they had "genuinely no idea" about what it was. One parent replied: "It's not just a boy thing. I asked my daughter what it actually means. She says no one knows, and that's what makes it oh so hilarious".

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Another mum wrote: "It’s on my kids' primary, they’re seven and ten. They both think it’s very funny and say it in a kind of silly way, they all pronounce it the same! It doesn’t mean anything."

So, it appears that kids and teens are going wild over...nothing? But it does seem like there's an explanation for the madness.

Explanation behind the 6-7 trend

Marie Achkar explained the viral trend, saying that she was going to give a "quick breakdown of what it means and how it started".

"One, two, three, four, five...six-seven," Marie started her video by saying, explaining that if you've been seeing this viral trend all around social media, or maybe you've heard it from your kids, "you're not alone".

She said that right now, there are over two million posts on TikTok under the 6-7 hashtag.

Marie said: "It all started in December of 2024, when hip hop artist Skrilla released a song called 'doot doot'. And one of the lyrics includes the phrase 6-7.

"The trend really took off earlier this year when creators started pairing that song with edits of Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball, who is, fittingly, six foot seven.

"Now the phrase is sweeping schools and social media feeds everywhere, and right now, there's even a viral video of order number 67 being called at an In-N-Out in California, and the crowd goes wild".

Marie then included the viral clip, and when the server says 6-7, it's true, everyone jumped up and down as though their favourite sports team had just scored a goal.

"So, if you're wondering what it actually means, the answer is nothing. Yep, that's right, it's basically meaningless. It's part of the joke and why everyone is basically jumping on the trend," she finished the video by saying.

So, there you have it. The next time you hear someone say 6-7, you can be safe in the knowledge that it actually means nothing, and it's just a silly little (or not so little) trend...