"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."
"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.""
""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.""
""Don't worry, because we're all still trying to figure out exactly what it means," the dictionary's editors wrote."
Lake Superior State University released its 50th annual Banished Words List highlighting overused and misused words and phrases. Respondents called "6-7" "cooked" and urged it to stop entering common usage. Around 1,400 submissions arrived from all 50 states and multiple other countries. The top 10 also includes "demure," "incentivize," "perfect," "gift/gifted," "my bad," and "reach out." The list began in 1976 as a New Year’s Eve party idea and is known as the "Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness." Social media and texting are cited as drivers of misunderstanding and misuse. Dictionary.com named "6-7" its 2025 word of the year, while other dictionaries picked terms such as "slop" and "rage bait."
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