Entry · catalog no. 8402
Six Seven
/ /sɪks ˈsɛvən/ /siks SEV-en
interjection / noun · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 2020s
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An exclamation, usually said twice and paired with a hand motion of two palms moving up and down alternately. It has no literal sense beyond its in-joke energy: it is shouted at a punchline, a mention of the number, or a height of six feet seven inches, and is also used simply to be silly or to tease adults.
“The teacher said the page number was sixty-seven and the whole back row yelled "six seven!"”
Origin & Attribution
The phrase comes from "Doot Doot (6 7)," a drill track by Philadelphia rapper Skrilla (featuring G Herbo), released December 1, 2024; the "6-7" in the song is reported to refer to 67th Street in Philadelphia, though Chicago ties have been floated and the point is not settled. It went viral the same month when a TikTok clip set the song over footage of a commentator saying NBA player LaMelo Ball is 6'7", and in January 2025 basketball highlight edits and young Overtime Elite player Taylen "TK" Kinney's repeated "six, seven" fixed the hand gesture. Dictionary.com named "67" its 2025 Word of the Year on October 28, 2025. It is routinely described as Gen Alpha or "brain rot" slang; the archive records it as a Black Philadelphia hip-hop phrase that was adopted by young people of every background.
2024
Skrilla releases "Doot Doot (6 7)" on December 1, and a LaMelo Ball clip set to it goes viral on TikTok
2025
Basketball edits and the hand gesture spread the phrase; Dictionary.com names "67" Word of the Year on October 28
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
The Northeast
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 2020s
Spoken by
Black Philadelphia rappers and drill listeners; later basketball fans and young people generally
$SIXSEVThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Peaking2 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
90/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2024
in the culture
Recorded here
2026
point of first record
Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.
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Citations & Sources
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+ Cite a sourceKnow Your Meme, '67 Meme / Six Seven' (documents the Dec. 1, 2024 release, the LaMelo Ball clip, the 2025 spread and the Oct. 28, 2025 Dictionary.com Word of the Year announcement; secondary)
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