Police in Indiana have started handing out “tickets” to elementary school students saying “6-7” — an absurd, viral slang term children can’t stop saying.
The Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office posted a cheeky video showing deputies handing out fake “tickets” to students in a local school cafeteria and classrooms for violating a purportedly new “6-7” ordinance, which they joked was passed to “keep parents sane.”
“It is now against the law to use the words ‘six’ and ‘seven’ unless using them in a math problem or someone’s age,” a deputy tells a girl at her desk in the clip.
But the students seemed unbothered and continued shouting the seemingly inescapable phrase and doing its accompanying hand motion while beaming even after receiving their “ticket.”
“We appreciate the support as our [school resource officers] work tirelessly to keep parents sane during this time,” the sheriff’s office said, adding that they handed out as many of the citations as possible.
Two students are shown giving the officers a box of donuts – which excused them of their 6-7 violation.
“6-7” – pronounced “six-seven” rather than “sixty seven” — is the latest Gen Alpha obsession, which every teacher or parent with school-age children would know.
It’s driving parents and teachers nuts — but as frustrating it may be, the sheriff’s office assured that the law was fake and the tickets were just for fun.
The origins of the slang, which spread online like wildfire this year, are unclear but it essentially means nothing.
Last month, Dictionary.com sparked outrage last month after it controversially declared 6-7 the word of the year.
“Perhaps the most defining feature of 67 is that it’s impossible to define,” the website explained.. “It’s meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical.”
They called the pairing of the numbers “classic brainrot slang: purposefully nonsensical, endlessly remixable and all about being in on the absurdity.”
“It’s part inside joke, part social signal and part performance. When people say it, they’re not just repeating a meme; they’re shouting a feeling.”
Some people interpret 6-7 as “so-so” or “maybe this, maybe that,” as it’s typically paired with a shrug-like hand gesture where palms face up and move alternately.
It’s also used as an exclamation.
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