So what does it actually mean? Well… nothing. And that’s exactly why it’s so hilarious to Gen Z and Gen Alpha. There are already over 1.1 million TikTok videos using the joke, while older generations remain baffled.
Its origins trace back to hip-hop artist Skrilla, who dropped the song Doot Doot in December 2024. In it, he raps, “6-7, I just bipped right on the highway (bip, bip),” sparking the trend. TikTok teacher and self-proclaimed “OG Student Translator” Mr. Lindsay explained, “It has blown up even more. Kids these days will respond with ‘six-seven’ to anything—from ‘what is that smell?’ to ‘what time is it?’”
He added for the older crowd, “So, all of this to say, ‘six seven’ is just a reference to a meme. There’s no real meaning to it. It is a number that is fun to say… with the hand motions, and it just doesn’t mean anything.”
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