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Viral '6-7' tops 2025 list of overused words and phrases
"6-7," a social media phrase popular among Gen Z, was labeled "cooked" and tops the 50th Banished Words List, with about 1,400 submissions surveyed by Lake Superior State University.
- Lake Superior State University put '6-7' atop its 50th Banished Words List Thursday, with respondents calling it 'cooked' and urging retirement for the new year.
- Spreading across social platforms, '6-7' exploded into Gen Z in‑jokes over the summer, with respondents saying texting and social media left many people over the age of 40 confused.
- About 1,400 submissions backed the list, from all 50 states and countries including Uzbekistan, Brazil and Japan, with other top-10 words like 'demure' and 'incentivize' .
- Reactions split: students like 19-year-old Alana Bobbitt embrace '6-7', while Lake Superior State University president David Travis predicted it may vanish next year.
- Beyond this year's picks, the Banished Words List — started in 1976 — has long captured cultural shifts, with Dictionary.com naming '6-7' word of the year while other dictionaries chose 'slop' and 'rage bait'.
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Viral '6-7' tops 2025 list of overused words and phrases
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” and “full stop” heading into the new year.
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