Posted on 10/30/2025 11:52:45 AM PDT by Red Badger
Dictionary.com has named "67" (pronounced sik-sehh-vin) as the 2025 Word of the Year.
Not joking.
https://t.co/UXHZisA5Bw names ‘67’ as the 2025 Word of the Year. pic.twitter.com/VxpXjmeRFu— Pop Base (@PopBase) October 29, 2025
A number has been named Word of the Year -- and it's not even allowed to be pronounced "sixty-seven."
the alphabet finding out that a number won “word of the year” pic.twitter.com/ugfatdn70j https://t.co/KRKXt9cuok— wiLL (@willfulchaos) October 29, 2025
You're supposed to do this when you say "67":
I gotta send it over to Dictionary.com for an explanation for why they chose 67.
But what does 67 mean?
Perhaps the most defining feature of 67 is that it's impossible to define. It's meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical. In other words, it has all the hallmarks of brainrot. It's the logical endpoint of being perpetually online, scrolling endlessly, consuming content fed to users by algorithms trained by other algorithms. And what are we left with in the wake of this relentless sensory overload? 67. Still, it remains meaningful to the people who use it because of the connection it fosters. 67 shows the speed at which a new word can rocket around the world as a rising generation enters the global conversation.
How about the 67 origin story:
The origin of this most modern use of 67 is thought to be a song called 'Doot Doot (6 7)' by Skrilla. (This is an opportune moment to mention that you may also see it written as 6 7, 6-7, or six-seven, but the most important thing is to never pronounce it as 'sixty-seven.') It was quickly reinforced by viral TikToks featuring basketball players and a young boy who will forevermore be known as the '67 Kid.'
Here he is:
VIDEO AT LINK..................
Parents, if you wanna throw your kids off, respond to a "67" with a "forty-one."
pic.twitter.com/K77C6VbCYX— Davy Jones (@itsNTBmedia) October 30, 2025
(I don't know if this is actually cool, but at least you'll look equally as dumb as your child did when he said "67.")
Guys, I don't know why this whole 67 thing became a thing ... but, uhh, it's a thing. And Dictionary.com named it the Word of the Year!
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Hmmmm that’s two away from..........65!
Idiocracy.
A meaningless word generally seen as evidence of brain rot.
And here we are. Word of the Year.
Quoz !!!
Some girl who is/was 6’7”...
Somehow I missed that tune. Do they play it on the Oldies station or classic rock?
Didn’t George Castanza want to name his kid Seven?
What do they call 69 in Japan?
Wut
“Man’s Search for Meaning” has degenerated into “Man’s Mindless Shamble Away From Meaning”.
Two can chew.
Is “Toucan Chew” tobacco or bubblegum?
Or is it more like Blue Chew ... (asking for a friend) ...
“It’s like you’ve dreaming about Gorgonzola cheese when it’s clearly brie time baby!”
Subtract the number of human fingers and toes and you’ve got...
47!
Oh noes, it’s the end of everything!
Obviously a sly reference to 1967, the last year in which American muscle cars were not strangled by smog regulations.
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