Dictionary.com reveals ’67’ is its 2025 word of the year
Dictionary.com has officially revealed its new Word of the Year.
The online dictionary announced Wednesday that “67” is the word of the year for 2025.
The annual selection serves as a “linguistic time capsule, reflecting the social trends and global events that defined the year,” according to Dictionary.com.
The exact origin of the term is a bit confusing. Teachers and parents began listen to children and adolescents use the term throughout this year, and some say it can be interpreted as another way of saying “more or less,” “maybe this” or “maybe that,” the dictionary states.
Dictionary.com He further explained that the term is a result of classic Brainrot slang, which is “intentionally absurd and about participating in the absurd.”
The term “67” (pronounced “six-seven” and never “sixty-seven,” the dictionary notes) has a long tradition. He dates back to Skrilla’s 2024 song “Doot Doot (6 7)”, while others have linked him to NBA player LaMelo Ball, who is 6 feet 7 inches tall.
A boy now known as “The 67 Kid” also went viral earlier this year for using the term at a youth basketball game.
“It’s part inside joke, part social cue, and part performance,” Steve Johnson, Ph.D., director of lexicography at IXL Learning’s Dictionary Media Group, said in a news release. “When people say it, they’re not just repeating a meme; they’re shouting a feeling.”
Johnson continued: “It’s one of the first words of the year that functions as an interjection: a burst of energy that spreads and connects people long before anyone agrees on what it really means.”
According to a Dictionary.com According to the analysis, “67” appeared in digital media six times more frequently in October alone than throughout 2024.
“’67’ shows the speed at which a new word can skyrocket around the world as a rising generation enters the global conversation,” the dictionary states.
Other terms that made the shortlist for this year’s Word of the Year included “magnetic,” “aura cultivation,” “Gen Z look,” “overtourism,” “tariff” and “tradwife.”
