"In case you managed to miss it, 6-7 is a slang term - spoken aloud as "six seven" - accompanied by an arm gesture that mimics someone weighing something in their hands. It has no real meaning, but it spawned countless videos across various platforms and infiltrated schools and homes across the globe. Shouts of "6-7" disrupted classrooms and rained down at sporting events."
"There was Pig Latin. The cool "S" doodled on countless worksheets and bathroom stalls. Forming an L-shape with our thumb and index finger to insult someone. Remixing the words of hand-clapping games from previous generations. 6-7 is only the latest example of these long-standing practices - and though the gesture might not mean much to adults, it says a lot about children's play, their social lives and their desire for power."
6-7 is a slang term spoken "six seven" with an arm gesture that mimics weighing something in the hands. The gesture lacks inherent meaning but generated countless videos across platforms and spread into schools, homes, and sporting events. Adults largely responded with annoyance and confusion while classrooms experienced random outbursts. Secret childhood languages and gestures such as Pig Latin, the stylized "S", L-shape insults, and remixed hand-clapping rhymes reflect similar patterns. These practices flourish in unsupervised spaces—playgrounds, online platforms, and pandemic lockdowns—where children set rules, assert agency, build social bonds, and disrupt adult-directed routines.
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