"The phrase six-seven, in its modern sense, appears to originate with the Philadelphia rapper Skrilla's 2024 track Doot Doot (6 7), in which it's either a reference to police radio code, or 67th Street, or something else. I see. But it really went viral when the song was repeatedly used to soundtrack video clips of the NBA basketball star LaMelo Ball, who is, as it happens, 6ft 7in. OK, I think I get it. Trust me, you don't."
"Somewhere along the line the phrase acquired an accompanying hand gesture: two upturned palms alternatively rising and falling, like weighing scales. In that case, perhaps it's a reference to something being nothing special, ie a six or a seven on a scale from one to 10? Nice try, but no. The phrase has become such a phenomenon in the US that it was the basis for last week's South Park episode, in which it sparks a moral panic."
Six-seven is a piece of meme slang that functions largely as a self-referential chant and gesture. The phrase appears to have originated with the Philadelphia rapper Skrilla's 2024 track Doot Doot (6 7) and amplified when clips of LaMelo Ball, who is 6ft 7in, were soundtracked with the song. The gesture involves two upturned palms rising and falling. The expression carries no stable meaning and has proliferated into US popular culture, sparked a South Park episode, and reached UK classrooms where children shout it, often without knowing why.
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