SOL 2025: Standing Out and Fitting In
- If you are around kids for ANY length of time, you hear it randomly used as an interjection, an honor, and even a complaint. Teachers find it annoying and try to ban it, discourage it, or beg for meaning. (It has no meaning)
- I thought it was just local phenomena until I read that Dictionary.com made it their word of the year! Now I realize it has spread faster than Covid.
- I really do not think we should be surprised about the propagation of 6-7 and its cousin number-phrase, 41, or the sing-song way they are said! These young folks are the grandchildren of those who crashed at someone's pad and listened to hip music. These are the children of those who added phat and bling into their lexicon with as smile.
- The ONLY thing different about the 5-6 and 41 trend is that there is no real meaning!
- Yet, there is something universal and timeless in the desire of people to both stand out from the old folks and fit in with their peers. This is at cheaper than Stanley cups and Ugg boots and without the hunt of Cabbage Patch Kids! Plus, it too will pass!
5 comments:
I might have to work these words into my vernacular! They kind of relate to my post this morning. I love your post and how you weave information with links and thoughts.
You inspire me! I love this post. Let's give six seven a little more life......your blog makes me want to write six seven poems, and I'm mentioning your post in my blog today. Maybe it's a way to get students to write more, too....a six seven poem!
I enjoyed your slice as it made connections to why this is a thing. I leaned into it for Halloween - I wore a t-shirt with a big 7 on it and held a tissue box. I said I was a "sick 7"!!
I guess I don't get out of the house much because until recently I have not heard this. I find it fascinating how words take shape, creep into our vocabulary, and then find their way into a dictionary. Our language keeps evolving and growing. arjeha
I retired in May, so while I've read about 6-7, I only heard it in the wild for the first time this weekend at a college basketball game.
Love your conclusion:
"Yet, there is something universal and timeless in the desire of people to both stand out from the old folks and fit in with their peers. This is at cheaper than Stanley cups and Ugg boots and without the hunt of Cabbage Patch Kids! Plus, it too will pass!"
It is nice to see a trend that's based on connection and being silly rather than spending.
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