Childlore thrives when two conditions are met. One is a murkiness of origins. Nobody knows who first folded a cootie catcher or drew a “cool S.” Some childlore feels like it has always existed, ...

“Is it funny?” “Am I just old?” “What does it actually mean?” Those are common questions you’ll come across while searching for “six-seven” (or “6-7”), a phrase that has eclipsed internet obscurity ...

“No one is safe” from the viral six-seven phenomenon “taking the younger generation by storm”. Certain page numbers in textbooks, homework questions, and maths answers are all off limits, just to ...

Maybe it's not nonsense at all. Maybe it's a message out of the mouths of babes to remind us how to keep going when the world ...

If you’re hearing “six-seven” echoing all over this weekend, you’re not imagining it; the phrase is part of a meme craze sweeping through younger generations. The trend traces back to the 2025 ...

Readers wondering whom to thank for the maddening six-seven fad — and the burger chain’s numerical censorship response to it — need look no further than social media. As usual. The transformation of ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. It goes like this: When six and seven appear together in print, or in speech, or on television, or in a ...