SIX. SEVEN. SIX. SEVEN. SIX. SEVEN. CAN’T HELP BUT LAUGH, BUT THE TREND THAT’S TAKEN OVER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BEING BROUGHT TO LIFE IN YORK COUNTY IN A CUP OR A CONE. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT RIPLEY’S CREAMERY IN SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP LAST MONTH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SIX SEVEN SOCIAL MEDIA CRAZE. CHALLENGING SIX SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS IN YORK AND ADAMS COUNTIES TO COME UP WITH A FLAVOR THAT CAPTURES THE TASTE OF SIX SEVEN. AND WE’VE GOT THE SCOOP ON THE WINNER. THE FLAVOR DREAMED UP BY MR. HOOD’S SEVENTH GRADE FIVE CLASS AT YORK ACADEMY REGIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL CAME OUT THE WINNER. THE WINNING FLAVOR COMBO IS GET THIS BIRTHDAY CAKE BASE WITH SPRINKLES, MARSHMALLOWS, AND BLUEBERRY SWIRL. WHO CAN ARGUE WITH THAT? PHOTOJOURNALIST ALEXANDER ROSARIO CHECKED IN TODAY WITH THE WINNING CREATORS. SO RIPLEY’S WAS DOING A CONTEST, AND AS WE ALL KNOW, EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLER IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW IS DOING THE SIX SEVEN EVERYTHING. SO OUR ENGLISH TEACHER, MR. HOOD, TOOK THE TIME TO CREATE AN ASSIGNMENT FOR HIS ENGLISH CLASSES IN SEVENTH GRADE, WHERE STUDENTS WORKED IN SMALL GROUPS AND HAD TO DECIDE WHAT WOULD SIX SEVEN TASTE LIKE? WE DISCUSSED ICE CREAMS THAT WE ALL LIKED, AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER, HOW WE CAN MAKE IT LOOK GOOD, AND HOW IT CAN BE BASED AROUND THE PROJECT. HE THEN ENTERED ALL OF THE SEVENTH GRADE OPTIONS INTO THE CONTEST, AND WE FOUND OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT WE WERE ONE OF THE FINALISTS. AND THEN I GOT A CALL EARLIER IN THE WEEK THAT WE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAD ACTUALLY WON IT AS A SMALL SCHOOL BECAUSE WE’RE A SMALLER SCHOOL, OFTENTIMES WE AREN’T OUT THERE. WE’RE NOT A SPORTS SCHOOL. WE’RE NOT. YEAH. WE DON’T WE DON’T WE’RE NOT AS BIG AS OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND SO WE DON’T C1 BE MORE PROUD. I LOVE OUR KIDS. THEY DO INCREDIBLE THINGS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND FOR THEM TO GET THIS RECOGNITION FOR THIS HARD WORK IS PERFECT ARE CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND THE ENTIRE SEVENTH GRADE CLASS WILL RECEIVE NINE GALLONS OF THEIR ICE CREAM CREATION FOR AN ICE CREAM PARTY. RUNNER UP CLASSES IN THE NEW OXFORD AND RED LION SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE SOME GOODIES FROM THE CREAMERY, AND YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE THAT FLAVOR SOON
Viral ‘6-7’ tops 2025 list of overused words and phrases
Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say ” 6-7 ” is “cooked” and should come to a massive full-stop heading into the new year.Those are among the top 10 words on the 50th annual “Banished Words List,” released Thursday by Lake Superior State University. The tongue-in-cheek roundup of overused slang started in 1976 as a New Year’s Eve party idea, and is affectionately called the list of “Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.”Related video above: Students win 6-7 ice cream flavor contest with birthday cake creationAround 1,400 submissions came from all 50 states and a number of countries outside the U.S., including Uzbekistan, Brazil and Japan, according to Lake Superior State.Also in the top 10 are “demure,” “incentivize,” “perfect,” “gift/gifted,” “my bad” and “reach out.” “My bad” and “reach out” also made the list decades ago — in 1998 and 1994, respectively.“The list definitely represents the fad and vernacular trends of the younger generation,” said David Travis, Lake Superior State University president. “Social media allows a greater opportunity to misunderstand or misuse words. We’re using terms that are shared through texting, primarily, or through posting with no body language or tone context. It’s very easy to misunderstand these words.”Few phrases in 2025 befuddled parents, teachers and others over the age of, say 40, more than “6-7.” Dictionary.com even picked it as their 2025 word of the year, while other dictionaries chose words like “slop” and “ rage bait.”But what does “6-7” actually mean? It exploded over the summer, especially among Gen Z, and is considered by many to be nonsensical in meaning — an inside joke driven by social media.“Don’t worry, because we’re all still trying to figure out exactly what it means,” the dictionary’s editors wrote.Each number can be spoken aloud as “six, seven.” They even can be combined as the number 67; at college basketball games, some fans explode when a team reaches that point total.The placement of “6-7” at the top of the banished list puts it in good company. In 2019, the centuries-old Latin phrase “quid pro quo” was the top requested phrase to ban from popular use. In 2017, ” fake news ” got the most votes.Alana Bobbitt, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is unapologetic about using “6-7.”“I find joy in it,” Bobbitt said. “It’s a little bit silly, and even though I don’t understand what it means, it’s fun to use.”Jalen Brezzell says a small group of his friends use “6-7” and that it comes up a couple of times each week. But he won’t utter it.“Never. I don’t really get the joke,” said Brezzell, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. “I don’t see what’s funny about it.”But banning it, even in jest, might be a bit of a stretch, he said, adding that he does use other words and phrases on the list.“I’ve always used the word ‘cooked,’” Brezzell said. “I just think it got popular on the internet over this past year. It’s saying, like, ‘give it up, it’s over.’”Some of the phrases do have longevity, Travis said.“I don’t think they’ll ever go away, like ‘at the end of the day,’” he said. “I used ‘my bad’ today. I feel comfortable using it. I started using it when I was young. A lot of us older people are still using it.”Travis said that while some terms on the list “will stick around in perpetuity,” others will be fleeting.“I think ‘6-7,’ next year, will be gone,” he said.
Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say ” 6-7 ” is “cooked” and should come to a massive full-stop heading into the new year.
Those are among the top 10 words on the 50th annual “Banished Words List,” released Thursday by Lake Superior State University. The tongue-in-cheek roundup of overused slang started in 1976 as a New Year’s Eve party idea, and is affectionately called the list of “Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.”
Related video above: Students win 6-7 ice cream flavor contest with birthday cake creation
Around 1,400 submissions came from all 50 states and a number of countries outside the U.S., including Uzbekistan, Brazil and Japan, according to Lake Superior State.
Also in the top 10 are “demure,” “incentivize,” “perfect,” “gift/gifted,” “my bad” and “reach out.” “My bad” and “reach out” also made the list decades ago — in 1998 and 1994, respectively.
“The list definitely represents the fad and vernacular trends of the younger generation,” said David Travis, Lake Superior State University president. “Social media allows a greater opportunity to misunderstand or misuse words. We’re using terms that are shared through texting, primarily, or through posting with no body language or tone context. It’s very easy to misunderstand these words.”
Few phrases in 2025 befuddled parents, teachers and others over the age of, say 40, more than “6-7.” Dictionary.com even picked it as their 2025 word of the year, while other dictionaries chose words like “slop” and “ rage bait.”
But what does “6-7” actually mean? It exploded over the summer, especially among Gen Z, and is considered by many to be nonsensical in meaning — an inside joke driven by social media.
“Don’t worry, because we’re all still trying to figure out exactly what it means,” the dictionary’s editors wrote.
Each number can be spoken aloud as “six, seven.” They even can be combined as the number 67; at college basketball games, some fans explode when a team reaches that point total.
The placement of “6-7” at the top of the banished list puts it in good company. In 2019, the centuries-old Latin phrase “quid pro quo” was the top requested phrase to ban from popular use. In 2017, ” fake news ” got the most votes.
Alana Bobbitt, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is unapologetic about using “6-7.”
“I find joy in it,” Bobbitt said. “It’s a little bit silly, and even though I don’t understand what it means, it’s fun to use.”
Jalen Brezzell says a small group of his friends use “6-7” and that it comes up a couple of times each week. But he won’t utter it.
“Never. I don’t really get the joke,” said Brezzell, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. “I don’t see what’s funny about it.”
But banning it, even in jest, might be a bit of a stretch, he said, adding that he does use other words and phrases on the list.
“I’ve always used the word ‘cooked,’” Brezzell said. “I just think it got popular on the internet over this past year. It’s saying, like, ‘give it up, it’s over.’”
Some of the phrases do have longevity, Travis said.
“I don’t think they’ll ever go away, like ‘at the end of the day,’” he said. “I used ‘my bad’ today. I feel comfortable using it. I started using it when I was young. A lot of us older people are still using it.”
Travis said that while some terms on the list “will stick around in perpetuity,” others will be fleeting.
“I think ‘6-7,’ next year, will be gone,” he said.
